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of late done concerning my
and I had a little jangling, in which she did give me the lie, which vexed me, so that finding my talking did but make her worse, and that her spirit is lately come to be other than it used to be, and now depends upon her having Ashwell by her, before whom she thinks I shall not say nor do anything of force to her, which vexes me and makes me wish that I had better considered all that I have of late done concerning my bringing my wife to this condition of heat, I went up vexed to my chamber and there fell examining my new concordance, that I have bought, with Newman’s, the best that ever was out before, and I find mine altogether as copious as that and something larger, though the order in some respects not so good, that a man may think a place is missing, when it is only put in another place.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

own little duck cried Moggy
“That’s my own little duck,” cried Moggy; “you’ve shown him what you can do, anyhow.”
— from Snarleyyow; or, The Dog Fiend by Frederick Marryat

our lips drew closer met
And there, beneath the shadow of the Rock, our lips drew closer, met, and were locked in their first kiss.
— from Dead Man's Rock by Arthur Quiller-Couch

occhi lontano dal cuore muttered
' Lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore ,' muttered the Padre.
— from Count Brühl by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

of Lorenzo di Credi Madonna
Passing up the north aisle, we enter at last the Cappella del Sacramento, under whose altar St. Felix, the Pistojese, sleeps, while on the south wall hangs one of the best works of Lorenzo di Credi, Madonna with Jesus in her arms, and St. John Baptist and S. Zenone on either side.
— from Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by William Parkinson and Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton

of late done concerning my
and I had a little jangling, in which she did give me the lie, which vexed me, so that finding my talking did but make her worse, and that her spirit is lately come to be other than it used to be, and now depends upon her having Ashwell by her, before whom she thinks I shall not say nor do anything of force to her, which vexes me and makes me wish that I had better considered all that I have of late done concerning my bringing my wife to this condition of heat, I went up vexed to my chamber and there fell examining my new concordance, that I have bought, with Newman's, the best that ever was out before, and I find mine altogether as copious as that and something larger, though the order in some respects not so good, that a man may think a place is missing, when it is only put in another place.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 22: May/June 1663 by Samuel Pepys


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