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where he is confound him says

As for that boy, I don't know where he is, confound him,' says he, 'nor I don't much care.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

wondered how I could have stayed

'If you'd been anywhere about, sir, you'd have wondered how I could have stayed so long.
— from The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

wit her interesting conversation her suavity

By means of her brilliant mental powers, her wit, her interesting conversation, her suavity of manners, and her diplomatic skill, she still maintained her position in society, although shunned by the most exclusive circles.
— from Famous Assassinations of History from Philip of Macedon, 336 B. C., to Alexander of Servia, A. D. 1903 by Francis Johnson

warned him I could have spoken

I could have warned him; I could have spoken then.
— from Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Thomas W. Hanshew

wonder how it came here so

"I wonder how it came here, so far from its hen-mother and the other ducklings," she said to herself.
— from Mamie's Watchword by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

which had improved considerably he said

He had received two or three grateful letters from John Marchmont; and in these letters the lawyer's clerk had spoken pleasantly of his new life, and hopefully of his health, which had improved considerably, he said, since his resignation of the tragic banner and the pantomimic mask.
— from John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume 1 (of 3) by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

wonder how I could hae so

Ay, it’s easy to speak about thae things now, and to wonder how I could hae so disgraced the position o’ chief elder o’ the kirk, but 350
— from The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

what house I can have said

"I do not know of what house your majesty speaks," he stammered, "of what house I can have said that it was worthy of the minister of finance.
— from Frederick the Great and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

with him in compelling him so

He did not know, the bishop said, what God intended to do with him, in compelling him so long to lead such a miserable life, but had hope and faith in His mercy.
— from The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical: A Cabinet for the Curious by Frank H. Stauffer

when he is conquered he should

When he has conquered an enemy he should show mercy; and when he is conquered he should not beg for life.
— from Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Wägner

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