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Forsooth, a month gone, he had promised a fair south wind so that the tribe might journey to the potlatch at Tonkin, where Taku Jim was giving away the savings of twenty years; and when the day came, lo,
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As to the only other inconsistency between the versions of Flashman and Two Moon-that the moustached rider was at the head of a bunch of fugitives-nothing in Flashman's writing has ever suggested that, in the heat of flight, he paid much attention to any other unfortunates behind him. [p. 327] lo,
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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I mused o'er my earliest childhood -- my earliest friends, and lo,
Fun and Frolic Various
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They can have no fear of danger, Taking, however, thy command on MY head, lo,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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To where 'thas once plunged headlong -- thither, lo,
On the Nature of Things Titus Lucretius Carus 1910
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You thought it was a wardrobe, but she brings it down from the wall; and lo,
Echoes of the War 1898
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Anon the steamer swept round a sudden curve, and lo,
Vixen, Volume III. 1875
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He is there in midst of the pupils he harried to brains awake, trod into union; lo,
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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And thus these truths, from the Bible, Providence, and common sense, were like rich freight, in goodly ship, waiting for the wind to sail; when lo,
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The count, therefore, perceiving this backwardness in his friends, and probably somewhat guessing at the cause of it, took the said guineas out of his pocket, and threw them on the table; when lo,
The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great Henry Fielding 1730
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