Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. — from Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Behind his seat was hung a scarlet cloth cloak lined with fur, and a cap of the same materials richly embroidered, which completed the dress of the opulent landholder when he chose to go forth. — from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott
she cared comparatively little
A part of Isabel’s fatigue came from the effort to appear as intelligent as she believed Madame Merle had described her, and from the fear (very unusual with her) of exposing—not her ignorance; for that she cared comparatively little—but her possible grossness of perception. — from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James
No admitía falsedades, ni mistificaciones, ni 25 esos retruécanos del pensamiento con que se divierten algunas inteligencias impregnadas de gongorismo; y para volver por los fueros de la realidad, Pepe Rey solía emplear a veces, no siempre con comedimiento, las armas de la burla. — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
stick close cling like
stick like a leech, stick like wax; stick close; cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt. — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
saying Come come let
The tone in which Sans-Cravate spoke indicated that he was not so indifferent as he claimed to be with respect to the flower girl's becoming Paul's mistress; but the younger man tried to take his comrade's hand again, saying: "Come, come, let's not say anything more about Bastringuette! — from Sans-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Paul de Kock
So she asked what she should use for new heads, since the old ones were lost, and all the geese opened their hundred mouths and screamed..." "'Cabbages!'" continued Laurie promptly. — from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
South Carolina crave leave
"Your Majesty's most dutiful subjects of this province, having often felt, with hearts full of gratitude, the many signal instances of your Majesty's peculiar favour and protection, to those distant parts of your dominions, and especially those late proofs of your Majesty's most gracious and benign care, so wisely calculated for the preservation of this your Majesty's frontier province on the continent of America, by your royal charter to the Trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia, and your great goodness so timely applied, for the promoting the settlement of the Swiss at Purisburgh; encouraged by such views of your Majesty's wise and paternal care, extended to your remotest subjects, and excited by the duty we owe to your most sacred Majesty, to be always watchful for the support and security of your Majesty's interest, especially at this very critical conjuncture, when the flame of a war breaking out in Europe may very speedily be lighted here, in this your Majesty's frontier province, which, in situation, is known to be of the utmost importance to the general trade and traffic in America: we, therefore, your Majesty's most faithful Governor, Council, and Commons, convened in your Majesty's province of South Carolina, crave leave with great humility to represent to your Majesty the present state and condition of this your province, and how greatly it stands in need of your Majesty's gracious and timely succour in case of a war, to assist our defence against the French and Spaniards, or any other enemies to your Majesty's dominions, as well as against the many nations of savages which so nearly threaten the safety of your Majesty's subjects. — from An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 by Alexander Hewatt
Tale, balbuziendo ancor, digiuna, che poi divora, con la lingua sciolta, qualunque cibo per qualunque luna; e tal, balbuziendo, ama e ascolta la madre sua, che, con loquela intera, disia poi di vederla sepolta. — from Divina Commedia di Dante: Paradiso by Dante Alighieri
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Argentina food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel Armenia diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy Aruba tourism, transshipment facilities, oil refining Australia mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel Austria construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism Azerbaijan petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore; cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles Bahamas, The tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe Bahrain petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism Bangladesh cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar Barbados tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export Belarus metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, televisions, synthetic fibers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators Belgium engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum Belize garment production, food processing, tourism, construction, oil Benin textiles, food processing, construction materials, cement Bermuda international business, tourism, light manufacturing Bhutan cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide, tourism Bolivia mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing Bosnia and Herzegovina steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining Botswana diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing; textiles Brazil textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment — from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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