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I and arrived
When I arrived at Viola's I was shown, to my surprise, into the kitchen.
`` But when I arrived and recognised a number of notorious characters I had thrown into the detective bureau basement half a dozen times, I knew I had been framed, and withdrew almost at once ''.
This is precisely what happened when the Puerto Ricans arrived in their thousands -- and the bitterness thus caused is, as I write, being fought out all up and down those streets.
I arrived at 7:00 a.m. and by 9:00 a.m. I had finished breakfast and was on my way to see what they had planned.
According to the story recounted by Hermippus, he arrived at the house of Solon and said, " I have traveled here from afar to make you my friend.
The first Archbishop of Canterbury was St Augustine ( not to be confused with St Augustine of Hippo ), who arrived in Kent in 597 AD, having been sent by Pope Gregory I on a mission to the English.
Tsar Paul I of Russia sent, among other rewards, a gold box studded with diamonds and similar gifts in silver arrived from other European rulers.
He told the press as he arrived, " I felt I had to come home ...
And now I have arrived with the firm determination not to see you at all in my own mind ...
However, the facilities proved to be able to barely handle the flood of immigrants that arrived in the years just before World War I.
During World War I the use of flashbacks occurred in films from all the major European film-making countries as well, from Italy ( Tigre reale ) to Denmark ( Evangeliemandens Liv ) to Russia ( Grezy and Posle smerti ), where it arrived in 1915.
At most they were sautéed in a pan ...." Some Belgians believe that the term " French " was introduced when American soldiers arrived in Belgium during World War I, and consequently tasted Belgian fries.
* Perfect ( a common conflation of aspect and tense ): ' I have arrived ' ( brings attention to the consequences of a situation in the past )
:::"... my liking for painting and my practice in judging it have arrived at such point when any work is brought before me, either of deceased artists or of those of the present day, without the names being told me, I say on the spur of the moment that is the work of such and such a man.
When Chrysostom arrived in Antioch, the bishop of the city had to intervene with Emperor Theodosius I on behalf of citizens who had gone on a rampage mutilating statues of the Emperor and his family.
Hulk Hogan wrote in his autobiography that Mr. T saved the main event of WrestleMania I between them and " Rowdy " Roddy Piper and " Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff because when he arrived, security would not let his entourage into the building.
In the codex's description of the first meeting between Moctezuma and Cortés, the Aztec ruler is described as giving a prepared speech in classical oratorial Nahuatl, a speech which as described verbatim in the codex ( written by Sahagún's Tlatelolcan informants who were probably not eyewitnesses of the meeting ) included such prostrate declarations of divine or near-divine admiration as, " You have graciously come on earth, you have graciously approached your water, your high place of Mexico, you have come down to your mat, your throne, which I have briefly kept for you, I who used to keep it for you ," and, " You have graciously arrived, you have known pain, you have known weariness, now come on earth, take your rest, enter into your palace, rest your limbs ; may our lords come on earth.

I and United
`` Then I return to the United States for engagements at the Hollywood Bowl and in Philadelphia '', he added.
But I once again assure all peoples and all nations that the United States, except in defense, will never turn loose this destructive power.
`` Little Rock is, without any flattery, one of the dullest towns in the United States and I would not have remained two hours in the place, if I had not met with some good friends who made me forget its dreariness ''.
However, at eighty-five, he had still been busy writing articles, reviewing and speaking, and I had never before known an Englishman who had visited and lectured in three quarters of the United States.
I would like to quote from the Charter of the United Nations:
So, I say, Mr. Speaker, God bless you and keep you for many years not only for this body but for the United States of America and the free world.
I did so because I agree with so many here today, that he is the beloved Speaker of all the people of the United States.
I pray to God that he may be spared to us for many years to come for this is an influence the United States and the whole world can ill afford to lose.
Sam Rayburn is one of the greatest American public figures in the history of our country and I consider that I have been singly honored in the privilege of knowing Sam Rayburn and sharing with him the rights and obligations of a Member of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States.
and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Tuesday, October 24th, 1961, as United Nations day, calling upon all our citizens to engage in appropriate observances, demonstrating faith in the United Nations and thereby contributing to a better understanding of the aims of the United Nations throughout the land.
With this enlarged role in mind, I should like to make a few suggestions: What we in the United States do or do not do will make a very large difference in what happens in the rest of the world.
I have the honor to refer to the Agricultural Commodities Agreement signed today between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India ( hereinafter referred to as the Agreement ) and, with regard to the rupees accruing to uses indicated under Article 2, of the Agreement, to state that the understanding of the Government of the United States of America is as follows: 1.
Oliver, in his summary of the habits of the snakes of the United States, could supply data on the maturing period for only three species in addition to the rattlers, which I shall consider separately.
You may have misgivings about certain aspects of our military establishment -- I certainly do -- but you know any comparison of over-all American strength with over-all Soviet strength finds the United States not only superior, but so superior both in present weapons and in the development of new ones that our advantage promises to be a permanent feature of U.S.-Soviet relations for the foreseeable future.
In a far distant part of the United States, I was talking to an instructor about a boy who in the twelfth grade was doing special work.
After paying tribute to the conductor and his white-clad youthful students, President Kennedy said, `` As an American I have the greatest possible pride in the work that is being done in dozens of schools stretching across the United States -- schools where devoted teachers are studying with interested young men and women and opening up the whole wide horizon of serious music ''.
For if I knew the secret of letting this power in my body change directly into electricity, I could rent myself out to the electric companies and with just the power in my body I could light all the lights and run all the factories in the entire United States for some days.

I and States
I heard of some that tried it back in the States, and he'd knock them clear across the room.
My own earliest memories are of exiles: my three brothers and I were taken often to the United States `` to visit relatives '' while my father stayed on to fight the dictator Machado.
" On July 27, 1868, the day before the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, U. S. Congress declared in the preamble of the Expatriation Act that " the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ," and ( Section I ) one of " the fundamental principles of this government " ( United States Revised Statutes, sec.

I and with
As I dug in behind one of the bales we were using as protection, I grudgingly found myself agreeing with Oso's logic, especially when I imagined what would have happened to Missy if Old Knife's large party of screeching warriors had overrun our company.
Still, I was disgusted with myself for agreeing with Montero's methods.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Gray Eyes rushing at me with a knife.
I could see their faces glistening with sweat and bear grease, their mouths open, shouting their spine-chilling cries.
I have it with me, right here.
I don't know what makes you think you can get away with this kind of business, and I don't care about that, either.
It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.
My future lay solely with the hall, yet what did I know about the hall at this point??
When I went for my interview with the director I saw why.
As he lowered himself on the chair behind his desk I wondered what this dapper, slightly ridiculous man could possibly have to do with the workings of the hall.
What sort of men I would come into contact with, at the hall??
I had always, I said, hankered after working hard with my hands.
Where I go, she goes -- and the kids with us.
I am with you, of course, Tomas ''.
At these words of sympathy and understanding, Harmony said generously, `` I don't mind setting here along with Gran while you go out and join in the games ''.
Besides, 'tain't no more'n right for me to follow with my black oxen, so's I can unhook and pull up fast if either of you get in a pinch ''.
`` Moriarty '', my driver suddenly exclaimed with something so definite, so final in his tone I once more repeated the absurdity, mustering all my latent powers of hypocrisy to sound convinced.
Adios '', I said, exhausting my Spanish vocabulary on my host and exchanging one of a scarcely-tapped store of smiles with my host's daughters.

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