for the life of one
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It's wonders enough I seen in a short space for the life of one man only.
From The Well of the Saints by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
Do you not owe a benefit for the life of one whose safety you value above your own?
From L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits by Aubrey Stewart
It is what Sergius Thord has worked for all his life!—it is what this King claims over his subjects—and yet—both monarch and reformer would give it all for the life of one woman back again!
From Temporal Power by Marie Corelli
In the fight for life between the machine and the human labor, in the race of life for that which men call success, who cares for the life of one little mill hand?
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore
It is not, you know, to terminate in seven years, like an apprenticeship or a commercial partnership, but it is an engagement for the life of one of the parties.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
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