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admonish and compel him either never

What direction? ATHENIAN: When any one commits any injustice, small or great, the law will admonish and compel him either never at all to do the like again, or never voluntarily, or at any rate in a far less degree; and he must in addition pay for the hurt.
— from Laws by Plato

as a country has even now

If the civilisation of St Petersburg has for some time vied with that of London or Paris, Russia, as a country, has even now much to do before she can be placed on a footing with England or France in refinement and intellectual cultivation.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849 by Various

At a certain hour each night

" Faint chuckles came from several parts of the room, and Hodge replied: "At a certain hour each night the duties of the regular sentinels take them away long enough for me to get out of my room and in here. See?"
— from Frank Merriwell's Chums by Burt L. Standish

as a Church has exhibited no

The English Establishment, as a Church, has exhibited no missionary zeal, and can show no missionary triumphs.
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom

as a complete human entity never

The type of mind of Whitman's, which seldom or never emerges as a mere mentality, an independent thinking and knowing faculty, but always as a personality, always as a complete human entity, never can expound itself, because its operations are synthetic and not analytic, its mainspring is love and not mere knowledge.
— from Whitman: A Study by John Burroughs

among all communities has exercised no

"I have on so many occasions experienced the advantages of their ready and earnest concert in promoting schemes of public utility in relation to material progress, that I have some confidence they will exhibit the like friendly rivalry in furthering [Pg 404] our efforts in favour of an elevating pursuit, which in all ages and among all communities has exercised no slight influence on national character, and the promotion of which may constitute a bond tending to unite us as strongly in sentiment and feeling as we now are in loyalty and material interest.
— from Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by King of Great Britain Edward VII

as a Christian had ever needed

But it is impossible to suppose that this is a matter on which Paul as a Christian had ever needed to change his mind.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians by James Denney

anlace and cry havoc eh Nonsense

"Fired by bellicose ardor, we burn to seize the anlace and cry havoc, eh? Nonsense," was the commentary that followed.
— from Mark Gildersleeve: A Novel by John S. Sauzade

and a clear hazel eye not

He was tall and thin, but plainly in fine health; had a good forehead, and a clear hazel eye, not overlarge or prominent, but full of light; a firm mouth, with a curious smile; a sun-burned complexion; and a habit when perplexed of pinching his upper lip between his finger and thumb, which at the present moment he was unconsciously indulging.
— from The Elect Lady by George MacDonald

and again calling her every name

Overcome with fury at the thought that her household drudge would be of no use to her for several weeks, she boxed her ears again and again, calling her every name she could think of.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House; Or, The Magic Garden by Hildegard G. Frey

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