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Hilumpagan ku sa kinamádang láta, The cans that were stacked up neatly came tumbling down on me.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
Natumpag ang pátung sa mga diláta, The cans that were stacked up neatly came tumbling down.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
The collar is really for practical purposes the distinguishing mark of a Knight Grand Cross, because although as such he is entitled upon payment of the fees to claim a grant of supporters, he is under no compulsion to do so, and comparatively but few avail themselves of the privilege.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
“But you have told us nothing!” cried the doctor.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Let us now consider the doctrines of Bentham in their more recent exposition.
— from Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations by Arundell of Wardour, John Francis Arundell, Baron
Never until now could they decide to use it; never until now could they be sure they wouldn’t want to--to make it--over.”
— from Across the Years by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
Under normal conditions the diet is largely made up of frogs, fish, small animals, birds, eggs, insects, and fruits.
— from Mammals of Mount Rainier National Park by Russell K. Grater
—Under natural circumstances this does not appear to be of so common occurrence as the change above alluded to, but by the art of the gardener the change is often effected.
— from Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden) Masters
you have all thought for me until now, continue to do so until I get Paul, the expected, to do it forever.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 5, November 1850 by Various
"You're under no compulsion to do so," said he.
— from Olympian Nights by John Kendrick Bangs
WITS, like Physicians, never can agree, When of a different Society; And Rabel’s Drops were never more cry’d down By all the Learned Doctors of the Town, Than a new Play, whose Author is unknown: Nor can those Doctors with more Malice sue (And powerful Purses) the dissenting Few, Than those with an insulting Pride do rail At all who are not of their own Cabal.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Aphra Behn
Let us now contemplate the doings of the Great Day revealed in the Scriptures, in the light of these two opposite theories.
— from Doctrine of the Will by Asa Mahan
Let us now consider the design of such an arrangement.
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 by Various
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