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see how you like your
But come, Eva,” he said; and taking the hand of his daughter, he stepped across the boat, and carelessly putting the tip of his finger under Tom’s chin, said, good-humoredly, “Look-up, Tom, and see how you like your new master.”
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

said Have you lost your
His wife, however, seeing that he had got over his first exasperation grew bolder, drew herself up, took two steps toward him, and, grown almost insolent, she said: “Have you lost your head?
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

scarred hillsides you leave your
As you look at their gray stone huts against the scarred hillsides you leave your own age behind you, and if you were to see a skin-clad, hairy man crawl out from the low door fitting a flint-tipped arrow on to the string of his bow, you would feel that his presence there was more natural than your own.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

story how you left your
"Ask Emmeline," said the old voice, shaking as it rose; "the whole town is ringing with the story, how you left your home under false pretences, and pursued this man, who cares nothing for you—" "He does care for me."
— from The Open Question: A Tale of Two Temperaments by Elizabeth Robins

say have you left your
But I say, have you left your wife?”
— from Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII) by Paul de Kock

said he you look young
'Yes,' said he, 'you look young enough; but of course you are the same age as you were yesterday.
— from The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander by Frank Richard Stockton

said Have you lost your
Her movements appeared so mysterious that I stood silent a moment, my pulses throbbing a little quicker than usual; then I advanced a few steps, and said: 'Have you lost your way?
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 698 May 12, 1877 by Various

savagely Have you left your
Dan could have kicked him for the words, but he merely said savagely, “Have you left your pocket handkerchief?” and turned Prince Rupert toward the road.
— from The Battle Ground by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

superstition had you lost your
So long as you did serve a superstition had you lost your true heaven!"
— from The Hill of Venus by Nathan Gallizier

sweet happiness your love your
Then again, when--as has so often happened during these last few days--I have seen your shy, sweet happiness, your love, your devotion to your husband, then, oh, then--pardon my presumption--I feel as near, as closely akin to you, as--as--" "As a sister, my Eugenia," said Hilda, clasping the charming creature warmly to her heart.
— from The Scarlet Banner by Felix Dahn

seeking handsome youths like yourself
"Maidens out there, Jac Hallen, who are seeking handsome youths like yourself for escort.
— from Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings

see how you like your
'Look up, Tom,' he said to him, 'and see how you like your new master.'
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition by Harriet Beecher Stowe


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