#upon

The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#enemy #fire #gave #mccarthy #moment

Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine. ↗

— Isabella Bird

#bit #claimed #dried #everybody #gold

I am looked upon with suspicion. I am on the "other side." ↗

— Harry Ellis Dickson

#i #i am #looked #other #side

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#books #course #five #forward #given

I call on the Australian Government to set out the conditions upon which they will provide a taxpayer funded backing for wholesale term funding for Australian deposit taking institutions. I call on the Government it make clear the conditions upon which taxpayer funds will be used in this way. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#backing #call #clear #conditions #deposit

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#day-to-day #day-to-day life #describing #draw #experiences

Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself to life. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#any #become #depends #difficult #easy

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon. ↗

— William Devane

#creation #credit #david #enjoyable #frowned

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#creature #every #fact #human #mystery

Do you spell it with a "V" or a "W"?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#fancy #judge #lord #spell #taste