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said that I looked too young
She was sorry for me, and said that I looked too young to be a beggar.
— from Tramping with Tramps: Studies and Sketches of Vagabond Life by Josiah Flynt

sickness that I leave to you
As to her nursing in time of sickness, that I leave to you, sir."
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

some trouble if left to yourself
"But, my dear Amy," said the kind old lady, as she sat down beside me, "Why is it that you are always getting into some trouble if left to yourself for ever so short a time?
— from A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church

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