"'Tis all I has in the world, Doctor, saving a bunch of children, but if it was ten times as large, you should have every cent of it for the store."
— from A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
Then the pastor said slowly, and in a low tone: "I think at last your son has really become a blessing to you."
— from Ovind: A Story of Country Life in Norway by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
High as is the hill, there are larks yonder singing higher still, suspended in the brown light.
— from Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
In this at least you shall have your way ."
— from Miss Stuart's Legacy by Flora Annie Webster Steel
We will take you up to London in a day or two and let you see his beautiful head on the bridge."
— from When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth by Charles Major
Now, I have been thinking that I will let you pay the rent by instructing them, and leave your sister her whole time to teach music."
— from A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker by Alger, Horatio, Jr.
So as it is my hope you perceive this at last, you shall have your lands again, Archie.
— from Merkland; or, Self Sacrifice by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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