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  • Strangers set the Gilla Dacker+ to watch the fruit (putting him first under gesa to eat none of the berries himself, since he was already too cheerful and too young to be of much service); and thus, in their absence, the magical tree was never left alone.

    Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • For the berries possessed secret virtues known only to a man of the Dedannans, and learned from him by Sheela the Scribe, who put him under gesa not to reveal the charm to any one else.

    Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • Then the Fair Strangers became very angry, and sent out their trusty fleet-footed couriers to scour the land for the invaders; for they knew that none of the Dedannans would take the berries, being under gesa not to do so.

    Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • Finola is under gesa not to write to Alba more than six times a week and twice on Sundays; Sheela is bound by the same charm to give us muffins for afternoon tea; I am vowed to forget my husband when I am relating romances, and allude to myself, for dramatic purposes, as a maiden princess, or a maiden of enchanting and all-conquering beauty.

    Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • When you are put under gesa to reveal or to conceal, to defend or to avenge, it is a sort of charm or spell; also an obligation of honour.

    Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • We no longer find any difficulty in remembering all this nomenclature, for we are 'under gesa' to use no other.

    Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • Najib should ask Umno media like Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian and government tv and radio channels to give him a chance to prove that he is Prime Minister for all Malaysians Penduduk gesa selesai isu tanah | charlessantiago

    Malaysiakini :: News 2010

  • Pro-ISA gesa polis tahan Anwar, Hadi dan Kit Siang (Malaysiakini 3/8/09)

    ~penarik beca 2009

  • Hilang kawalan diri yang membenihkan ketidak karuan, seperti merestui lawatan sambil belajar ke Taiwan di kalangan Ahli BN-BBC dalam keadaan yang tergesa-gesa, dan pada waktu yang tidak sesuai.

    Planet Malaysia 2008

  • Hilang kawalan diri yang membenihkan ketidak karuan, seperti merestui lawatan sambil belajar ke Taiwan di kalangan Ahli BN-BBC dalam keadaan yang tergesa-gesa, dan pada waktu yang tidak sesuai.

    Planet Malaysia 2008

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