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O ye who believe! approach not prayer while ye are drunk, until ye well know what ye say; nor yet while polluted, —unless ye be passing by the way, —until ye have washed yourselves. ❋ Unknown (1909)

But until he does that, —until he gives a better or more plausible reason than he has offered against the evidence in the case, —I suggest to him it will not avail him at all that he swells himself up, takes on dignity, and calls people liars. ❋ Unknown (1897)

Baby wrath is as free and economical of physical force as are the winsome moods, and this until the personality has developed to some extent, -- that is, _until the child reflects the contractions of those around him. ❋ Annie Payson Call (1896)

"And when you said just now that you could stand here alone, seeing and hearing, _until -- until_ -- and then stopped, perhaps you wished to say that you could remain here until you understood it all, and knew the meaning of that mysterious pain in your heart?" ❋ Unknown (1881)

It had always, until of late, been held the first duty of Parliament _to refuse to support Government_, _until power was in the hands of persons who were acceptable to the people_, _or while factions predominated in the Court in which the nation had no confidence_. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

We thought we’d stack the crowns inside until — until  —  ” ❋ Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (1958)

_ [ 'Hear! hear!' and cheers] And, last of all why, if this forgery was so important to him, did John Bumpus forget all about it until he stood on this table; aye, _until the rope was round his neck? _ " ❋ Unknown (1859)

And, last of all, why, if this forgery was so important to him, did John Bumpus forget all about it until he stood on this table; ay, _until the rope was round his neck_? " ❋ Unknown (1859)

Berlusconi, facing four separate trials over prostitution and tax fraud charges, has rejected calls to step down, repeating on Friday that he would serve out his term until 2013. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Curb Records sought to prevent the 44-year-old McGraw from recording or signing with another label until he fulfilled what Curb believed was his obligation for a fifth album. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ning Yat Hoi of Hong Kong was elected by the Board to fill a term until the next Annual General Meeting.

When buying a $2,000 television, for example, a customer can pay an additional $179, which will provide a Best Buy gift card with a value "up to 50 percent" of the original purchase if the product is sold back to Best Buy within six months actually, seven; Best Buy does not begin counting the term until 31 days after the purchase. ❋ By RANDALL STROSS (2011)

The grassroots movement didn't always consider "tea bagger" a slur: Early Tea Partiers innocently embraced the term until they discovered its vulgar connotations. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Despite this the companies were able to continue using the term until the mid-1990s when a European Union ruling finally enforced the Spanish claim that only fortified wines produced around Jerez could be called Sherry. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I hadn't seen this friend in a decade -- indeed, I didn't remember her name until I left the library. ❋ Latoya Peterson (2011)