SOCRATES: I too, Gorgias, should have liked to continue the argument with Callicles, and then I might have given him an 'Amphion' in return for his 'Zethus'; but since you, Callicles, are unwilling to continue, I hope that you will listen, and interrupt me if I seem to you to be in error. — from Gorgias by Plato
up the cat
While Éponine and Azelma were bundling up the cat, Cosette, on her side, had dressed up her sword. — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
used to cast
When the Frisians came to pay tribute, they used to cast their coins one by one into the hollow of this shield; but only those coins which struck the ear of the distant toll-gatherer with a distinct clang were chosen by him, as he counted, to be reckoned among the royal tribute. — from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo
under the casement
Emily wished to speak, to end her doubts, whether this figure were human or supernatural; but her courage failed as often as she attempted utterance, till the light moved again under the casement, and she faintly demanded, who passed. — from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
under the countenance
Whoever finds himself in this danger, ought not to expect much either from his vigilance or power; for how hard a thing is it for a man to secure himself from an enemy, who lies concealed under the countenance of the most assiduous friend we have, and to discover and know the wills and inward thoughts of those who are in our personal service. — from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne
The Duke of Wellington was retreating upon the capital, and a great battle must be fought under its walls probably, of which the chances were more than doubtful. — from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
up the Creek
I derected him killed and hung up for the party after takeing a brackfast off for our Selves which we thought fine after Brackfast proceed on up the Creek two miles & left it to our right passed over a mountain, and the heads of branch of hungary Creek, two high mountains, ridges and through much falling timber (which caused our road of to day to be double the derect distance on the Course) Struck a large Creek passing to our left which I Kept down for 4 miles and left it to our left & passed over a mountain bad falling timber to a Small Creek passing to our left and Encamped. — from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
up the cup
— Shane, chief of Tyrone, eldest son and successor by Celtic law of Con Bacagh, his claims, 2 - 4 , 7 , 9 - 11 ; his struggle with the government and visit to England, 14 - 43 , 49 ; his affairs flourish, 51 - 59 ; he baffles Sussex, who tries to poison him, 61 - 65 ; his triumphant position, 74 - 80 , 82 ; supreme in the North, 89 - 92 ; gets the best of Sir N. Arnold, 89 - 92 , 97 , 99 , 100 ; fills up the cup of iniquity, 102 - 111 ; death and character, 116 - 120 , 123 - 124 , 127 , 137 , 147 , 154 , 197 , 198 , 355 , 356 , 358 , 360 — Tirlogh Luineach (so called from having been fostered with the O’Looneys), chief of Tyrone, cousin and successor by Celtic law of Shane, murders the Baron of Dungannon, 38 , 39 , 59 , 61 , 62 , 116 , 119 , 127 - 129 , 132 , 133 , 146 , 149 , 158 - 160 , 169 , 181 , 215 , 231 , 244 , 245 , 266 , 269 , 271 ; his struggle with Essex, 284 - 286 , 288 , 291 ; relations with Essex, 293 - 295 , 301 , 305 — Phelim Bacagh, chief of Clandeboye, 289 — Sir Brian MacPhelim (of the race of Hugh Boy), chief of Clandeboye, son and successor of Phelim Bacagh, 119 , 124 , 128 , 129 , 133 , 149 ; opposes the Smiths, 212 - 214 ; successful against the Smiths, 231 - 233 ; baffles Essex, 244 - 247 , 257 , 258 , 271 - 273 ; his unjustifiable seizure by Essex, 288 , 305 — Matthew Ferdoragh, first Baron of Dungannon, reputed son of Con Bacagh, Earl of Tyrone, 2 - 4 , 17 ; see Kelly and Dungannon. — from Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Richard Bagwell
Of course I wouldn't marry him till a year, or more, after poor Michael's death; but I should like to see him often, to be sure that he still cares for me as he used to care—yes, I am sure he used—in the dear old days at Maidenhead. — from Fenton's Quest by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
unturned to crush
Last night, I was surprised into a certain appearance of complicity; but once for all, let me inform you that I regard you and your machinations \with unmingled horror and disgust, and I will leave no stone unturned to crush your vile conspiracy.’ — from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson
“Under these circumstances, sir,” said I, “you will be rather relieved to hear that I have no intention of becoming a builder.” — from The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson
used to call
An aunt of mine—a youngish woman then—was travelling by the G. W. R. ('Great Way Round' they used to call us), when a young man entered the carriage, where she was sitting alone, and asked where the train stopped first. — from Little Folks (July 1884)
A Magazine for the Young by Various
Under these circumstances, on the 29th of November the Fourth Corps (Granger's) took up the line of march for Knoxville, my men carrying in their haversacks four days' rations, depending for a further supply of food on a small steamboat loaded with subsistence stores, which was to proceed up the Tennessee River and keep abreast of the column. — from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 1, Part 3 by Philip Henry Sheridan
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