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Small point of pedantry... the Sedgefield speech was not on the day Blair left Downing St well he did of course leave Downing Street to get there, but it wasn't the day he *left* Downing Street. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A square knot is tied by holding an end of a bandage or cord in each hand, and then passing the end in the _right_ hand over the one in the left and tying; the end now in the _left_ hand is passed over the one in the right and again tied. ❋ Albert F. Blaisdell (N/A)

It should also be remarked that the cow-pony is guided, not by pulling either the right or left rein, but by the rider carrying his bridle hand over to the _left_ if he wants to go to the left, and vice versa. ❋ Thomas Carson (N/A)

Only people who cling to old-fashioned customs still fold over the right side of a visiting-card to show that the card was left _in person_, and also fold over the _left side_ to show that the call was intended for _all_ the women of the household. ❋ Agnes H. Morton (N/A)

And she’s left no leggicies to speak on, —left it all in a lump to her husband’s nevvy. ❋ Unknown (1917)

Likewise if you move the rear sight to the left (take left windage), the bullet will strike to the left_. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Pressing and rubbing _downward_ with the left hand on the lower _left_ side of the belly will do much to induce a movement of the bowels. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Raise the skirt, thus, the left foot in advance; the _left_, Peggy, child of despair! now bend the right knee, and slowly, slowly, sink thus, with grace and dignity. ❋ Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1896)

When we speak of _the left hand_, the form _left_ is really Kentish, and occurs in the _Ayenbite of ❋ Unknown (1873)

Away flies the punt to the left, and he is just about to bend to the sculls with the force of Goliath, when he perceives his mistake -- the divergence was to the _left_! ❋ Unknown (1859)

When the horse is passing to the right, if the indications of the legs are continued the same and those of hands reversed, that is, if the left rein is felt stronger than the right, the horse changes from right pass to “_left shoulder in_” (in towards the centre of the school) that is, he continues to cross his legs and go sideways to the right, but he bends and looks to the left. ❋ George Greenwood (1837)

Normal Attacks A - Slash to left [X] - Forward Stab -- > Combination Attacks A - Slash to left____ | \ A - Slash to right___ [X] - Downward slash to right | \ A - Downward slash [X] - ❋ Unknown (2008)

Most right wing parties (excluding hyper-nationalistic ones) or in most of the Western world (Canada, France, etc) are to the left of the spectrum of the so called * left* wing main party in the US. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“That’s right for only 10 min a day you can Obamasize the fat-cats right out of Washington” “and 5 and 6 and left, left…far left..left…” ❋ Unknown (2008)

Nothing directly was said of the interval until he described the main assault of the Federals: “they continued …,” he wrote, “still to press forward and before General A. P. Hill closed the interval which he had left between Archer and Lane, it was penetrated, and the enemy, pressing forward in overwhelming numbers through that interval, turned Lane’s right and Archer’s ’left.” ❋ Douglas Southall Freeman (1971)

Speaking of the sweetness of Charles Lamb's smile, he says that "there is still one man living, a stockbroker, who has that smile," and adds: "To those who wish to see the only thing left on earth, _if it is still left_, of Lamb, his best and most beautiful remain -- his smile, I will indicate its possessor, Mr. ---- of Throgmorton ❋ Unknown (1871)

"Green's left little toe looks beautiful this morning, quite red and healthy, and, I think, won't require amputation, which is well, for it is doubly a _left_ little toe since you cut off the right one yesterday. ❋ Unknown (1859)

The photo to the left is the view of the left from the inside. ❋ Laura (2009)

Analysts say the reluctance is probably due to influence from Khamenei who may be happy to have a weakened Ahmadinejad but does not want the political upheaval of him leaving office with less than two years of his term left. ❋ Unknown (2011)

❋ Yellow Dart (2003)

[why do] you want to look 'left' [up in] the first place? ['tard]. ❋ AaronB (2007)

I'm [ambidexterous], so I let [lefty] [whack it] for a change. He hardly ever gets laid. ❋ Stimpy (2003)

people who look up left in dictionaries need to find a better way to spend their time, [as do] i for even bothering to make a fucking definition for left. wow i'm really don't want to do this fucking [discrete math] homework--my [left brain] is fucked up. ❋ Papermachete (2005)

Yo that motherfucker [got left] If you caught a [felony], you caught a f If you got killed, you got left-Big L [ebonics] ❋ Buff McMuscles (2005)

There is [only one] [left-handed] [person] left ❋ Blii (2003)

[Smokey]: "That guy in [the chicken] suit is so unique!" [Dragon]: "Ya i know! He is so left! ❋ *Smokey* (2009)

I left [Illinois] to go to [Hawaii] [for good]. ❋ Saints (2003)

mark: [man u] are [uglier] than [yo mama] me: nigga...LEFT ❋ Taylor White (2007)

that was so left! ❋ Annie (2004)