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God as you
Y pues la ira soberana And since the sovereign anger de Dios junta, como ves, of God, as you see, joins together al padre de doña Inés that of Doña Inés’s father y al vengador de doña Ana, and Doña Ana’s avenger, mira el fin que aquí te espera see the end that awaits you here cuando a igual tiempo te alcanza, when you meet at the same moment aquí dentro su venganza vengeance here, inside,
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

goblet about you
Well, tone 129 of you hath this goblet about you.
— from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe

grounds as you
These, said he, were pilgrims as you are, once, and they trespassed in my grounds, as you have done; and when I thought fit, I tore them in pieces, and so, within ten days, I will do you.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

Grace a young
Robert Grace, a young gentleman of some fortune, generous, lively, and witty; a lover of punning and of his friends.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

good advice you
"It's good advice; you'd better take it and save your fingers," she said, thinking her speech amused him.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

gave a yawn
Here George Osborne gave a yawn.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

grooms and yeomen
However far he may venture in a more full detail of passions and feelings, than is to be found in the ancient compositions which he imitates, he must introduce nothing inconsistent with the manners of the age; his knights, squires, grooms, and yeomen, may be more fully drawn than in the hard, dry delineations of an ancient illuminated manuscript, but the character and costume of the age must remain inviolate; they must be the same figures, drawn by a better pencil, or, to speak more modestly, executed in an age when the principles of art were better understood.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

going against your
I should not think of going against your wishes.
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

goodness and your
O my child, it is all owing to the divine goodness, and your virtue.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

got at Yes
'You mean it was his money you got at?' 'Yes.
— from Dorothy's Double. Volume 2 (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

gentleman as you
And, O! hasten my deliverance, that a poor unworthy creature, below the notice of such a gentleman as you, may not be made the sport of a high condition, for no reason in the world, but because she is not able to defend herself, nor has a friend that can right her.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

girls and yet
I'm always so glad to think that the fairies are all girls, and yet how important they are!
— from Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls by Margaret Bruce Clarke

Germany and your
"I'm in Germany, and your authority stops at the border!
— from The Boy Scouts In Russia by John Blaine

good as your
Even Miss Mattie Gaskett, who always clung like a burr to woollen clothing with the least encouragement, said carelessly when he showed her the lemonade tray: "As good as your best, Wallie," and edged over to hear what Pinkey was saying.
— from The Dude Wrangler by Caroline Lockhart

generous as you
Then he said, and the effort it cost him was plainly visible: “I can be as generous as you, sir.
— from Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison

green and yellowish
Across the open spaces flew flocks of green and yellowish leaves, which, after travelling a long distance from their parent trees, reached the ground, and lay there with their under-sides upward.
— from Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire A Rural Painting of the Dutch School by Thomas Hardy

got a younger
After tea his wife said, “Well, so you have not sold?” “Oh, yes,” he replied, “we have, and have got a younger and more spirited animal, very like the old sinner, but with shorter mane and tail, and no star on his forehead.”
— from Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter


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