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them under lock and

One of these men at the moment when he was arrested said, "I have come to fight for Henri V." They kept them under lock and key, and placed a sentry at the door.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

to us like an

Nevertheless, when one tries to collect in one’s mind a comprehensive image of the total products of printing down to our own days, does not that total appear to us like an immense construction, resting upon the entire world, at which humanity toils without relaxation, and whose monstrous crest is lost in the profound mists of the future?
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

the Universal Lord and

So spake the Universal Lord, and seem'd So ordering.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

the upper lip and

Sir C. Bell states [1015] that the actor Cooke could express the most determined hate "when with the oblique cast of his eyes he drew up the outer part of the upper lip, and discovered a sharp angular tooth.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

to us LYSISTRATA Ask

We need that ticklish place united to us-- LYSISTRATA Ask for some other lurking-hole in return.
— from Lysistrata by Aristophanes

trained up like a

Kynchen co [or cove], a young boye trained up like a “Kynching Morte.”
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

the uncontrolled licence and

Still more remarkable are the corresponding portraits of individuals: there is the family picture of the father and mother and the old servant of the timocratical man, and the outward respectability and inherent meanness of the oligarchical; the uncontrolled licence and freedom of the democrat, in which the young Alcibiades seems to be depicted, doing right or wrong as he pleases, and who at last, like the prodigal, goes into a far country (note here the play of language by which the democratic man is himself represented under the image of a State having a citadel and receiving embassies); and there is the wild-beast nature, which breaks loose in his successor.
— from The Republic by Plato

the upper lip and

She then opened his mouth by pulling up the upper lip, and her husband took a small stone, and broke some of the incisor teeth.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

to use LOIDOS and

OITILE , useful , and OETI , to use ; LOIDOS and LOEDOS , play ,—all in old Latin.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

thickens up like a

You see, it is exceedingly dry and hard, and yet under certain conditions it thickens up like a cheap sponge.
— from The Cardinal Moth by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

the underground leaders and

We have obligations, not necessarily legal, to the exiled Governments, to the underground leaders, and to our major allies who came much nearer the shadows than we did.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

to us love and

Speak to us, love, and do not stare so vacantly,—speak to us!”
— from Melmoth the Wanderer, Vol. 4 (of 4) by Charles Robert Maturin

turns up leaving a

Three men from one end hut have gone shooting deer or emus or whatever turns up, leaving a heap of powder-flasks, guns, saddles, and clothes in one corner of their shanty; [Pg 11] blankets, etc., hanging out of the lower bunk, half-cover and open box on the floor with eight pounds of loose powder in it.
— from A Tramp's Scraps by H. I. M. Self

the utmost loveliness and

All the faces are of the utmost loveliness, and the Catherine [418] especially is like a foretaste of Luini's famous fresco at Milan.
— from The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner

three upper leaflets are

Description of Plant — Ginseng is an erect perennial plant growing from 8 to 15 inches in height and bearing three leaves at the summit, each leaf consisting of five thin, stalked ovate leaflets, long pointed at the apex, rounded or narrow at the base, the margins toothed; the three upper leaflets are largest and the two lower ones smaller.
— from Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants A Book of Valuable Information for Growers as Well as Collectors of Medicinal Roots, Barks, Leaves, Etc. by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

their utmost limits and

At last I pushed flattery, cowardice, and baseness to their utmost limits, and you remained calm and approving instead of crushing me with the scorn I deserved.
— from Pride: One of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue

their unfailing loyalty and

“I shall never forget the deep impressions which I then received, and I shall endeavour to follow the great example of the first Queen Empress to work for the general well-being of my Indian subjects of all ranks, and to merit, as She did, their unfailing loyalty and affection.
— from His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII by Marie Belloc Lowndes

The Ungratefull Lovers and

Having done there, I by coach to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw part of "The Ungratefull Lovers;" and sat by Beck Marshall, who is very handsome near hand.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 57: September 1667 by Samuel Pepys

thoughtful until long after

He paced the deck, silent and thoughtful, until long after midnight.
— from The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

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