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thought of you Leif Ericsson
It was not easy to know where to go, until I thought of you, Leif Ericsson.
— from The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz

tip of your left ear
Right under the tip of your left ear.
— from Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

time of your last exam
To put off the sensible resolve till the time of your last exam may be as useless as the call of the doctor after the minister has left.
— from The College Freshman's Don't Book in the interests of freshmen at large, especially those whose remaining at large uninstructed & unguided appears a worry and a menace to college & university society these remarks and hints are set forth by G. F. E. (A. B.) a sympathizer by George Fullerton Evans

The other young lady exclaimed
"The other young lady?" exclaimed Margaret.
— from At the Sign of the Silver Flagon by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

the one you love even
And she was less unhappy; for when others love the one you love, even though that one be gone, it makes the pain far, far less.
— from A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne

think on your latter end
“I trust, sitting here alone so much as you do, and knowing that you are living on borrowed time, that you often think on your latter end, and endeavor to prepare for it.”
— from Arthur Brown, The Young Captain The Pleasant Cove Series by Elijah Kellogg

think of your latter end
Oh, do pray leave compliments a moment, and think of your latter end."
— from Griffith Gaunt; or, Jealousy Volumes 1 to 3 (of 3) by Charles Reade

to overlook your little eccentricities
It will be the easier as [pg 542] you happen to know the house well, and its inmates long ago agreed to overlook your little eccentricities with regard to sauces!
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

turn on yer left eel
When I gives the order Left Turn, yer turn on yer left 'eel an' yer right toe.
— from Combed Out by F. A. (Frederick Augustus) Voigt


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