"orry" hidden in books

of recklessly renouncing you

"Dearest, dearest, I am wavering even now between the two opposites of recklessly renouncing you, and labouring humbly for you again.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

of reluctant respect You

[rising, and approaching her with a scrutiny in which there is a good deal of reluctant respect] You seem a pretty straightforward downright sort of a young woman.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

or regitōte rule you

rege or regitō , rule , thou shalt rule regite or regitōte , rule , you shall rule regitō , he shall rule reguntō , they shall rule NOUNS OF THE VERB.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Oh Richard Richard you

She went to him, and threw herself on his breast, crying out— 'Oh! Richard, Richard, you should have told me sooner!'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

of race regenerate Yielding

Ere the doom 2430 Of all save faithful Noah and his seven,— Tri-branching tree[11] of race regenerate, Yielding anew life's fruit and foliage,— Earth mourned as Rachel, Rizpah, o'er the slain, The slain of men unborn, who yet must die Degenerate in the days that were to be.
— from Elias: An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney

of revealed religion yet

Although we cannot admit this axiom in matters of revealed religion, yet in many worldly concerns it does hold.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

of red rhododendron yellow

The grounds, covering from thirty to forty acres, are beautifully terraced, dotted here and there with lakelets, fountains, and artificial caverns, while the great clumps of red rhododendron, yellow laburnum, pink hawthorne, and white laurel make an exquisitely colored picture.
— from Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton

only reasonable rates yielding

Can the senders of other traffic paying only reasonable rates, yielding the company what would otherwise be admitted to be only a fair profit, justly object?
— from Railway Rates: English and Foreign by James Grierson

Oh Richard Richard you

"Oh, Richard, Richard, you've made no mistake!
— from For John's Sake, and Other Stories. by Annie Frances Perram

of race relations You

As a commercial traveler said on the general subject of race relations: “You do not understand how the young fellows in the South feel; when any trouble comes, they want to kill the nigger, whether he has done anything or not.”
— from The Southern South by Albert Bushnell Hart

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