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... says," continued the officer, "that, although the house is so admirably suited for staff purposes, we will find another if you desire." ...

— The Last Shot • Frederick Palmer

... at the first blow. Nevertheless, skill and practice at times failed, for cases are on record where as many as eleven blows were dealt, and at times it happened that the sword broke. It was no doubt the desire to avoid this mischance that led to the invention of the mechanical instrument, now known under the name of the guillotine, which is merely an improvement on a complicated machine which was much more ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix

... away. I now desire to ask the witness, Eliza Harris, who lives in that house, when she last saw the man in question—the man ...

— The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories • Nicholas Carter

... been in his breast but little hope. Later, however, he had understood better; and there had awakened within him an idea that perhaps, after all, it was not too late— and then had come confidence, and the desire to fight. And he had fought. He had almost won. But now, he knew that he had lost; for in Schuyler's eyes he saw dull, hopeless docility, and in The Woman's, conscious ...

— A Fool There Was • Porter Emerson Browne

... I was coming to desire that I might have your absence at my wedding; for I hear say you are very liberal grown o' late. For I spake with three or four of your debtors this morning, that ought you hundred pounds a piece; and they told me that you sent Master Churms to them, and took of some ten pounds, and ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. IX • Various

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