“What are you about, Kuzma Kuzmitch?” cries the lady in horror, flushing crimson.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
You are Karamazov, Karamazov!”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“How comes it,” said Lieutenant Lindsay to Harold, on the first favourable opportunity that occurred after the meeting described in the last chapter; “how comes it that you and Kambira know each other so well?”
— from Black Ivory by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Many odes must have been made and collected during the 140 and more years after king Khang.
— from The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 by James Legge
Scott was a joiner by trade, and worked for several years at "Kirkcammeck," (Kirkambeck,) in [Pg 123] Stapleton, on the English side of the border.
— from Wrestling and Wrestlers Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Jacob Robinson
General Demetrieff had made a wonderful dash over the wild country between Yamboli and Kirk Kilisse, carrying an army over a track which took a military attaché six days to traverse on horseback, and a hospital train seven days to traverse by ox wagon.
— from The Balkan Peninsula by Frank Fox
Akka from Kebnekaise flew in the lead; after her came Yksi and Kaksi, Kolme and Neljä, Viisi and Kuusi, Morten Goosey-Gander and Dunfin.
— from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf
May Holy Charalambos send you dreams of delight!' 68 'And to you also, Kyría Karaboghazji,' Zoë answered, though the form of the woman's salutation was new to her.
— from Arethusa by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Ever after the Peace of Utrecht, when England and Holland declined to bleed for him farther, especially ever since his own Peace of Rastadt made with Louis the year after Kaiser Karl had utterly lost hold of the Crown of Spain; and had not the least chance to clutch that bright substance again.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Thomas Carlyle
This was not done until long afterwards, when it was shown that neither Young nor Kelley was guilty, but that some of their party, with which they started to Oregon, were guilty, and were disreputable characters, which Young and Kelley knew.
— from Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick V. Holman
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