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worth and she is now going

But I do find, by her, that they are reduced to great straits for money, having been forced to sell her plate, 8 or L900 worth; and she is now going to sell a suit of her best hangings, of which I could almost wish to buy a piece or two, if the pieces will be broke.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

we are sure is never good

'A wife,' said he, with a sigh, which the memory of his own hard fate drew from him, 'may sometimes be bad, but a mistress we are sure is never good; her very character denies all confidence to be reposed in her; it is the interest of a wife to secure the honour of her husband, because she must suffer in his disgrace; a mistress, having no reputation of her own, regards not that of her keeper.
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

worth and she is now going

worth; and she is now going to sell a suit of her best hangings, of which I could almost wish to buy a piece or two, if the pieces will be broke.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

world and shall I not give

Thou gavest Thy Son for the world, and shall I not give mine?
— from Many Voices: Poems by E. (Edith) Nesbit

world And shall I not give

Thou gavest Thy Son for the world, And shall I not give mine?
— from Many Voices: Poems by E. (Edith) Nesbit

wisest and so I now give

Madame Oisille was the first of the ladies to speak, as being the oldest and wisest, and so I now give my vote to the youngest—I do not also say the flightiest—for I am sure that if we all follow her leading we shall not delay vespers so long as we did yesterday.
— from The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

will afterwards separate if not good

We will afterwards separate, if not good friends, at least indifferent, never to meet again.
— from The Adventurers by Gustave Aimard

With a singular ineptitude not generally

With a singular ineptitude, not generally appreciated at the time, Daniel Webster was selected to preside.
— from James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury

wheat and sold it now give

We've bought the wheat and sold it; now give us the tonnage to freight it, Redell, and we'll all be happy, and a little richer than we were the day before yesterday.”
— from Cappy Ricks Retires: But That Doesn't Keep Him from Coming Back Stronger Than Ever by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

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