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state is represented in subordination
In a single example, a future perfect of resulting state is represented in subordination as follows: nec dubitō quīn cōnfecta iam rēs futūra sit , Fam.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

speaker is right I suppose
But if some one who would rather not admit the immortality of the soul boldly denies this, and says that the dying do really become more evil and unrighteous, then, if the speaker is right, I suppose that injustice, like disease, must be assumed to be fatal to the unjust, and that those who take this disorder die by the natural inherent power of destruction which evil has, and which kills them sooner or later, but in quite another way from that in which, at present, the wicked receive death at the hands of others as the penalty of their deeds?
— from The Republic by Plato

sea is rough I said
"The sea is rough," I said. "Admitted," the Canadian replied, "but we've got to risk it.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

succeed in reading in some
Unless the children succeed in reading in some quite different idea of their own, they move about either as if in a hypnotic daze, or they respond to a direct excitation.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

speaker is right I suppose
But if some one who would rather not admit the immortality of the soul boldly denies this, and says that the dying do really become more evil and unrighteous, then, if the speaker is right, I suppose that injustice, like disease, must be assumed to be fatal to the unjust, and that those who take D this disorder die by the natural inherent power of destruction which evil has, and which kills them sooner or later, but in quite another way from that in which, at present, the wicked receive death at the hands of others as the penalty of their deeds?
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

spell is removed I see
DE COURCY TO LADY SUSAN —Hotel I write only to bid you farewell, the spell is removed; I see you as you are.
— from Lady Susan by Jane Austen

Schopenhauer is right in saying
I do not think Schopenhauer is right in saying that the single advantage the Germans have over other nations is that there are more atheists among them than elsewhere;
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

sensation is represented is surely
Even for man, however, Munk's way of mapping out the cortex into absolute areas within which only one movement or sensation is represented is surely false.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

stick in ram in stuff
obtrude; thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in; impact; empierce| &c. (make a hole) 260[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

So I reckon in spite
So I reckon, in spite of all this marryin' and partin' and marryin' again, the world's in safe hands and movin' on in the right way."
— from The Land of Long Ago by Eliza Calvert Hall

sitting in Richmond I send
Sir ,—Understanding that it is thought important that a letter of November 12, 1806, from General Wilkinson to myself, should be produced in evidence on the charges against Burr, depending in the District Court now sitting in Richmond, I send you a copy of it, omitting only certain passages, the nature of which is explained in the certificate subjoined to the letter.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Stein is right in suggesting
Note 124 ( return ) [ The list includes only those who voted in favour of the proposal of Histiaios (i.e. Miltiades is not included in it): hence perhaps Stein is right in suggesting some change in the text, e.g. {oi diapherontes te ten psephon basileos
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Shall I read it sir
Shall I read it, sir?"
— from On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel

said if Reardon is still
,’ he said, ‘if Reardon is still alive, I shall be lending him five-pound notes.’
— from New Grub Street by George Gissing

should I refuse I should
I had never dreamed of doing so; but yet, if I was asked, I would not refuse, as, of course, it could not fail to give one a lift; whereas, should I refuse, I should fall in the estimation of the partners.”
— from The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa by William Henry Giles Kingston

She is right I should
She is right; I should never have insisted on the second marriage: it has only made her life more miserable, and placed a fretting chain around her neck.
— from Phyllis by Duchess

story is rendered in some
The detail given by this historian is very plain and precise: and we proceed very regularly and minutely in a geographical series from one conquest to another: so that the story is rendered in some degree plausible.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant

slavery is reprobated is some
Nor can it be doubted that the mere fact of belonging to a Union in some parts of which slavery is reprobated, is some alleviation of their condition, if only as regards future probabilities.
— from The Contest in America by John Stuart Mill


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