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upon my life and upon this

"Mr. Ambassador," replied the king, "I find it still more strange that your master is so impudent as to dare to make such complaints—he who is daily making attempts upon my life and upon this State.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1603-04 by John Lothrop Motley

under Major Loring all under the

under Lieutenant-Colonel Plympton, and the Rifles under Major Loring, all under the temporary command of Colonel Harvey, Second Dragoons, during the confinement to his bed of Brevet Brigadier-General P.F. Smith, composed that detachment.
— from General Scott by Marcus Joseph Wright

upon my Lords and upon the

I must therefore tell my unhappy client that everything which the constituted authorities of the land—everything which the Legislature and the Law Officers of the Crown could do to secure a fair and impartial trial has been done, and if that unhappily an injustice should on either side be committed, the whole responsibility will rest upon my Lords and upon the jury.
— from The Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer, for the Rugeley Poisonings, which lasted Twelve Days by Anonymous

unspeakably more luminous and understandable the

How unspeakably more luminous and understandable the gone ages might have been if we had had more such!
— from Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters A Contribution to the History of Educational Development in Great Britain by William Carew Hazlitt

under Major Loring all under the

A portion of the 1st Artillery, under the often distinguished Brevet-Colonel Childs, the 3d Infantry, under Captain Alexander, the 7th Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Plympton, and the Rifles, under Major Loring, all under the temporary command of Colonel Hamey, 2d Dragoons, during the confinement to his bed of Brevet Brigadier-General P. F. Smith, composed that detachment.
— from The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. (Joseph Florimond) Loubat

upon me like an untamed tiger

Of course my thoughts were mainly fixed upon the settlement with the old man; and I expected every moment to see him rushing upon me, like an untamed tiger, to wreak his vengeance upon my head.
— from Down the River; Or, Buck Bradford and His Tyrants by Oliver Optic

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