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  • We stuff our mouths, and let tomorrow scrounge like dogs for itself —           We stuff our mouths, our bellies to a ball, a last supper, the dance of beggars while the voices singhallelujah for stockings, for crosses, jump rope and cards.

    Banquet 2009

  • 'We will take New Orleans back' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '\'We will take New Orleans back\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Two years after Katrina tore through the mouth of the Mississippi, a New Orleans parent, after running an obstacle course that can take many months, is only sometimes able to place his or her child in a school. '

    'We will take New Orleans back' 2007

  • A Call for Bankruptcy Reform: A Message to the Presidential Candidates from 'We the People' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'A Call for Bankruptcy Reform: A Message to the Presidential Candidates from \'We the People\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: In 2005, a charade took place on the floor of the House and Senate.

    A Call for Bankruptcy Reform: A Message to the Presidential Candidates from 'We the People' 2007

  • We asked policemen to tell us—well, “We don’t know where to tell you, but keep walking toward the

    Alive In Truth 2005

  • We were not again disturbed that night, but at sunrise we made a discovery that filled us with dismay -- _We had lost the trail!

    Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Edwin Eastman

  • We knelt in prayer, the only words of which, that I remember, are, “We thank thee, O God, that thy mercies are new to us every morning, and fresh every evening.

    A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless

  • ” We bowed ourselves towards him, and answered, “We were his humble servants; and accounted for great honour, and singular humanity towards us, that which was already done; but hoped well, that the nature of the sickness of our men was not infectious.

    The New Atlantis: Paras 1-29 1909

  • ” We answered, “We were in all, (sick and whole,) one and fifty persons, whereof our sick were seventeen.

    The New Atlantis: Paras 1-29 1909

  • ” We answered, “We were; ” fearing the less, because of the cross we had seen in the subscription.

    The New Atlantis: Paras 1-29 1909

  • We pulled him on board the Ayacucho, and when he left the boat he gave each of its crew a piece of money, except myself, and shook hands with me, nodding his head, as much as to say, —“We understand one another. ” and sprang on board.

    Chapter XXVIII. An Old Friend-A Victim-California Rangers-News from Home-Last Looks 1909

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