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their house in order and to entertain

A few brave souls resolve to set their house in order and to entertain only such selves as can live together with good will and mutual respect.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

This however is only a temporary expedient

This, however, is only a temporary expedient, applied when there is not time or opportunity to refit them, by a more complete operation.
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer

to hold its own against the enemy

He recognised with pleasure the efforts that had been made by the National Defence Government to hold its own against the enemy, and he congratulated it on the great progress in resistance which, thanks to its efforts, had been made.
— from A Diplomat's Memoir of 1870 being the account of a balloon escape from the siege of Paris and a political mission to London and Vienna by Frederic Reitlinger

the host is out at the end

If the host is out at the end, he can take his pay with a cudgel or summon the watch!
— from The Witch by Mary Johnston

their house in order as they expressed

Then they both set their house in order as they expressed it, so that for a day and a night they might live with their patients as comfortably as possible.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete by Émile Zola

to hold its own and to evolve

If in spite of all this it has been able to hold its own and to evolve to such perfection, it is due to the untiring, self-sacrificing, noble efforts of Zederbaum, Spektor, Rabinowitsch, and Perez.
— from The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century by Leo Wiener

the housekeeper is obliging and the experience

Two or three other girls lodge there, the housekeeper is obliging, and the experience—well, at least it's enlightening.
— from The Bacillus of Beauty: A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark

to hold its own as the equal

"If Saxony is to hold its own as the equal of Bavaria and Würtemberg after the downfall of Prussia, if it is to have its full share in the distribution of the Prussian provinces, this unnatural Prussian alliance must be dissolved, and that speedily.
— from Castle Hohenwald: A Romance by Adolf Streckfuss

the hole in one at the Easter

Some time ago a member of the club settled a sum of £5 upon this hole, and the accumulated interest is to go to anyone who shall do the hole in one at the Easter, Whitsuntide, or Autumn meetings.
— from The Golf Courses of the British Isles by Bernard Darwin

the hall instead of at the end

The curious point about it is that the screen is in the side of the hall instead of at the end; otherwise it preserves most of the old arrangements.
— from Early Renaissance Architecture in England A Historical & Descriptive Account of the Tudor, Elizabethan, & Jacobean Periods, 1500-1625 by J. Alfred (John Alfred) Gotch

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