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UNICORN Prentiss had a long lease
THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER H2 anchor THE LION AND THE UNICORN Prentiss had a long lease on the house, and because it stood in Jermyn Street the upper floors were, as a matter of course, turned into lodgings for single gentlemen; and because Prentiss was a Florist to the Queen, he placed a lion and unicorn over his flowershop, just in front of the middle window on the first floor. — from The Lion and the Unicorn by Richard Harding Davis
UNICORN Prentiss had a long lease
THE LION AND THE UNICORN Prentiss had a long lease on the house, and because it stood in Jermyn Street the upper floors were, as a matter of course, turned into lodgings for single gentlemen; and because Prentiss was a Florist to the Queen, he placed a lion and unicorn over his flower-shop, just in front of the middle window on the first floor. — from The Exiles and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis
us pausing here at long length
It was the Killigrew way, Lord Henry Goade assures us, pausing here at long length for one of those digressions into the history of families whose members chance to impinge upon his chronicle. — from The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
unexpected postscript Health and long life
The rest cordially echoed the toast, but Sir Thomas’s voice was heard to add an unexpected postscript— “Health and long life to Sir Bertrand du Guesclin, and may he ever have as dark a night to aid him to foray a camp!” — from Under the Flag of France: A Tale of Bertrand du Guesclin by David Ker
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