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some and drink it you and
Take some and drink it, you and Eve, then give thanks and praise.
— from The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt

she always does if you ask
"I hate to borrow as much as mother does, and I knew Aunt March would croak; she always does, if you ask for a ninepence.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

she always does if you ask
"I hate to borrow as much as Mother does, and I knew Aunt March would croak, she always does, if you ask for a ninepence.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

such a deed If you are
'Stay, lady!' said he, 'You deserve to think so still—since you can believe me capable of such a deed.' 'If you are innocent, tell me quickly,' said Emily, in faint accents, 'for I feel I shall not be able to hear you long.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

sunshine and drunk in youth and
He had lived in the bright, quivering sunshine, and drunk in youth and health at every breath; and here sat I, the while, spinning and spinning—— Lona.
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

starve and die if you are
So, if ever you want to wear egret feathers, think of the dozen baby egrets who must starve and die if you are to have them.
— from The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One by Sarath Kumar Ghosh

sulphuric acid dissolves it yellow and
b. Pure sulphuric acid dissolves it yellow, and the solution becomes later beautiful red (with delphinine, more quickly a darker cherry-red.)
— from Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts by Alexander Wynter Blyth

sulphuric acid dissolves it yellow and
c. Pure sulphuric acid dissolves it yellow, and the solution becomes later red-brown, and gradually violet-red. α.
— from Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts by Alexander Wynter Blyth

slovenly and dirty in your appearance
To be popular with the majority in America, to be a favourite with the people, you must first divest yourself of all freedom of opinion; you must throw off all dignity; you must shake hands and drink with every man you meet; you must be, in fact, slovenly and dirty in your appearance, or you will be put down as an aristocrat.
— from Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat

sinless and divine If you acknowledge
"The Lord descended to the virgin breast Of Mary Mother, sinless and divine; If you acknowledge the Redeemer blest, Without whom neither sun nor star can shine, Abjure bad Macon's false and felon test, Your renegado god, and worship mine, Baptize yourself with zeal, since you repent."
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Sulphuric acid dissolves it yellow and
Sulphuric acid dissolves it yellow, and the solution becomes gradually a beautiful deep red.
— from Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts by Alexander Wynter Blyth


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