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run unsa na kahag
Ug dagmálan ka na níya run, unsa na kahag maminyù mu?
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

right und now Kaffir
“Dot is right; und now Kaffir Jack will drive die oxen, und pe a goot poy.
— from Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by George Manville Fenn

rose up not knowing
I rose up, not knowing what to do.
— from Neighbours on the Green by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

restlessly uncomfortable not knowing
Naxa and the doryms reacted in the same way, restlessly uncomfortable, not knowing the cause.
— from Deathworld by Harry Harrison

remained until night knowing
I made directly for the woods, where I remained until night knowing well that I could not travel, even in the State of Ohio, during the day, without danger of being arrested.
— from The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave by William Wells Brown

rash utterance not knowing
He looked round in a little alarm after this rash utterance, not knowing whether he had been right or wrong in such a disclosure of his sentiments.
— from A Son of the Soil by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

rose up not knowing
And afterwards Saul rose up, not knowing what had happened, and David followed him.
— from True Words for Brave Men: A Book for Soldiers' and Sailors' Libraries by Charles Kingsley

run upstairs now Kathie
"Better run upstairs, now, Kathie," said Mr. Bingle, abruptly.
— from Mr. Bingle by George Barr McCutcheon

rests upon no knowledge
It is shown to the satisfaction of the evolutionists, and also of very many who have no respect for their theory, that the Mosaic cosmogony—that is, the account in Genesis of the creation of the earth and its inhabitants, and all the visible universe—has never been proved, and is incapable of proof, and that it holds its place in popular belief solely because of its supposed connection with Christianity; that it is merely a tradition (from however high and venerable a source), and that it rests upon no knowledge or study of the facts which it professes to explain; that it is in no way connected with Christianity, which would stand on its own merits equally whether the world were six thousand or six million years old, and whether it and its inhabitants were made in six days or six æons; that it—the Mosaic account of the origin of the world—explains nothing, but simply tells dogmatically that God made all and that God did so and so; that no intelligent person would think of resting satisfied with the Mosaic account, had it not come to be regarded as a requirement of religion to do so, but that this has become so fixed that
— from The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various


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