"phalla" hidden in books

propend had as lief lend a

V. be willing &c. adj.; incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire &c. 865. see fit, think good, think proper; acquiesce &c (assent) 488; comply with &c. 762.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Paliuli hoi aku la laua a

MOKUNA VII Ia Aiwohikupua ma i haalele ai ia Paliuli, hoi aku la laua a hiki
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

pulled hard a little longer and

" They pulled hard a little longer, and then contrived to reach the rock on which the sufferers were waiting.
— from Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands by Marianne Farningham

person he always looks like a

As to his person, he always looks like a gentleman, particularly on horseback.
— from Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1 by George Otto Trevelyan

poem he at least lives a

Why, every man is a poet when in love; and if he does not write a poem, he at least lives a poem.
— from The Island of Fantasy: A Romance by Fergus Hume

passengers have a long look at

It blazed with color from May to November, and there was one of the Rodhaven drivers who on several occasions stopped his char-à-bancs to let the passengers have a long look at it.
— from The Devil's Garden by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell

proclaimed his anger loudly lavishing abuse

He had heard of the late incumbent's death, and when he arrived home and found the living filled up he proclaimed his anger loudly, lavishing abuse upon poor dead Raymond for his precipitancy.
— from The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Various

platform held a lively little assembly

There came a bright wintry afternoon, at the fag end of the year, when the station platform held a lively little assembly waiting for the east-bound express.
— from Lanier of the Cavalry; or, A Week's Arrest by Charles King

Penwarne have a little linhay An

Ruth Penwarne have a little linhay, An' there her washes when the rain be nigh,
— from Cornish Catches, and Other Verses by Bernard Moore

present himself a little later at

He, Ruiz Gregorio, could slip across the river in the dusk when the thing was done, skirt the headquarters camp unseen, and present himself a little later at Señor Frisbie's camp of the track-layers, coming, as it were, direct from Copah, almost upon the heels of Señor Benson.
— from Empire Builders by Francis Lynde

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