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He Jives on the ground floor, for convenience of the gout; I prefer the attic story, for the air.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

Jives I must wear, and cold must be my comfort; Darkness, and want of meat; alas she weeps too, Which is the top of all my sorrows, Gertrude.

From Beggars Bush From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis

By the fullness and freshness of their own Jives and utterances they must awaken life in others.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John