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Examples
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There are three of 'em incorporated together and I had to go through all three of 'em so if wouldn't be on the call the other.
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Socrates: And as you speak of an excellence or art of the best in wrestling, and of an excellence in playing the lyre, I wish you would tell me what this latter is; — the excellence of wrestling I call gymnastic, and I want to know what you call the other.
The First Alcibiades 2006
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It is mind boggling to think that it is “news” that countries will talk to one another instead of threatening and labelling the other.
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SOCRATES: And as you speak of an excellence or art of the best in wrestling, and of an excellence in playing the lyre, I wish you would tell me what this latter is; -- the excellence of wrestling I call gymnastic, and I want to know what you call the other.
Alcibiades I circa 427-347 BC. Spurious and doubtful works Plato
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The night operators will have a cot for the one off duty, so that if anything unusual happens the waking one can call the other.
Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry
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For Indrajala they read Indrakila which is as unknown as the other.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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"Sha'n't I wrap 'em up for you?" called the other.
The Rich Little Poor Boy Eleanor Gates 1913
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She was not like Pretty Eyes, as his twisted mind called the other.
The Flaming Forest James Oliver Curwood 1903
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"Hold on a minute and I'll go with you," called the other.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Geraldine Bonner 1900
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Boz himself is altogether mixed up with Forster's image, and it is difficult to think of one without recalling the other.
John Forster Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald 1879
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