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the honest Eugenists really mean so
This is what the honest Eugenists really mean, so far as they mean anything.
— from Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

to have em round me snarled
"I wish you wouldn't feel so about boys," deprecatingly said his wife, a little woman; "they don't hurt you none, and I wish you wouldn't, Pa." "Well, I ain't a-goin' to have 'em round me," snarled Mr. Peters.
— from The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney

though her eternal ray Must shine
I dread that blood!—no more—this day Is ours, though her eternal ray Must shine upon our grave.
— from Talkers: With Illustrations by John Bate

to his embrace repair My soul
to his embrace repair; My soul, thou art no stranger there; There love divine shall be thy guard, And peace and safety thy reward.
— from French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

to have ears replied Miss Sterling
"Walls are said to have ears," replied Miss Sterling, with a little scornful twist to her pretty mouth.
— from Polly and the Princess by Emma C. Dowd

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