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told him Ye shall be even
I felt as the great ancestor of mankind might have felt when the tempter told him, “Ye shall be even as gods.”
— from Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew. by George Croly

to have you send by express
I have received all your letters, and like to have you send by express.
— from James Russell Lowell, A Biography; vol. 1/2 by Horace Elisha Scudder

to hurt you so badly either
"And he didn't mean to hurt you so badly, either, Beelzebub.
— from Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

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