“Stick to it,” panted Peter; “you'll get your second wind in a minute.”
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit
Yearn (yrn), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Yearned (?); p. pr. & vb.
— from The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section X, Y, and Z by Project Gutenberg
My beloved Uncle ,—... I have been so busy, I can say but two words more, which are that I prorogued Parliament yesterday in person, was very well received, and am not at all tired to-day, but quite frisky.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria
"This is Pan Pelski, Yosef," said Augustinovich.
— from In Vain by Henryk Sienkiewicz
I was thinkin’ about you t’other day while on my way hyer; and a fortune teller I went to in Pueblo picked you out straight off, from the cards she told with.
— from Justin Wingate, Ranchman by John Harvey Whitson
This is public property you're desecrating."
— from A Certain Rich Man by William Allen White
On the other hand, while a great many both of the very poor and even of the destitute are treated in private practice, yet the majority of such cases who feel "able to afford a doctor," as they say, are among the comparatively vigorous, well-fed, and well-housed section of the community.
— from Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
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