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Letter "S" » Sirs
«Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.»
«But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
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call on, cracker, crackers, every quarter, homes, quarter, shield, Sirs
«For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; / Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.»
«But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.»
«And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? / But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? / Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? / Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.»
«Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, / And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.»
Author: Bible
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admonish, admonished, admonishing, damage, lade, lading, Paul, Sirs, voyage
«N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a dark lord, and something about the end of the world, but please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.»
«I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.»
Author: James Matthew Barrie
(Dramatist, Novelist)
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bacon, missed, Shakespeare, sir, Sirs, The Works, wrote
«No profit grows where no pleasure is taken; In brief, sir, study what you most affect»
«'You are drunk Sir Winston, you are disgustingly drunk. 'Yes, Mrs. Braddock, I am drunk. But you, Mrs. Braddock are ugly, and disgustingly fat. But, tomorrow morning, I, Winston Churchill will be sober.»
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