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my own knowledge so as

I have only to add that I do not relate this any more than some of the other, as a fact within my own knowledge, so as that I can vouch the truth of them, and especially that of the man being cured by the extravagant adventure, which I confess I do not think very possible; but it may serve to confirm the many desperate things which the distressed people falling into deliriums, and what we call light-headedness, were frequently run upon at that time, and how infinitely more such there would have been if such people had not been confined by the shutting up of houses; and this I take to be the best, if not the only good thing which was performed by that severe method.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

mightiest of kings See at

Unhand me, slaves.—O mightiest of kings, See at your feet a prince not used to kneel; Touch not Eurydice, by all the gods, As you would save your Thebes, but take my life:
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by John Dryden

maintain or keep sentinels about

In seasons of scarcity, all good stocks maintain or keep sentinels about the entrance, whose duty it appears to be to examine every bee that attempts to enter.
— from Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby

man of keen sensibilities and

St. Paul was a man of keen sensibilities and strong [386] imagination.
— from Roman Mosaics; Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan

matter of knowledge she appeals

“No,” said Jake firmly, “it’s not a matter of knowledge; she appeals to your imagination.
— from Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss

made of kangaroo skin and

We found in his haversack a sort of book made of kangaroo skin, and his dreams written in it with kangaroo blood.
— from The Military Sketch-Book, Vol. 2 of 2 Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at home by William Maginn

made of Kashmir shawls and

The guests' tents were made of Kashmir shawls, and were about 14 feet square.
— from The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative by Holdich, Thomas Hungerford, Sir

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