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of his Motecusuma s

Motecusuma easily conjectured what our designs were against Narvaez; yet, though Cortes daily called upon him, he was equally upon his guard as Cortes was in not throwing out any hints of his (Motecusuma's) sending Narvaez gold and provisions.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

of her misfortunes she

Although this kind proffer was some alleviation of her misfortunes, she did not fail to pour forth a most piteous lamentation, importing that she had not only lost all her money, amounting to five pounds, but also her letter of recommendation, upon which she had altogether relied for present employment.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

of her missing such

So her poor dear sister Price was left to all the disappointment of her missing such an opportunity, and another twenty years' absence, perhaps, begun.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

originally have meant sheep

But as to Souter, although, as Mr. Robert Ferguson says, the word may originally have meant sheep, 7 it is found in Scotland used as ‘shoemaker’ in connection with the fabulous giants of that region.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

of his mignons Sainct

The King was so afflicted at the death of Caylus, that he gave orders to have him buried by the side of another of his mignons , Sainct Megrin, who was assassinated by the Duke de Guise at the Louvre gate.
— from The History of Duelling. Vol. 1 (of 2) by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

over his mother seemed

He knew that the other life was there, he knew that in his heart he longed for Sylvia as much as ever; but, in his present detachment, his desire for her was a drowsy ache, a remote emptiness, and the veil that lay over his mother seemed to lie over him also.
— from Michael by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

of his Majesty s

The wild animal of the forest, when pining, for the first time, in a cage, or the weary land-bird, blown off, far away upon the restless sea, could not have been more out of their elements than tall and ungainly Reuben Gubbins on the deck of his Majesty’s ship Eos .
— from Rattlin the Reefer by Edward Howard

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