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a book but it must
It may be in music; it may be on canvas: it may be through oratory; it may come through selling goods or writing a book; but it must come through self-expression.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

animal bodies but is merely
If so, he does not necessarily imply transmigration of the human soul into animal bodies; but is merely employing symbolism.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

also be borne in mind
It should also be borne in mind, that the law may be true, but yet, owing to the geological record not extending far enough back in time, may remain for a long period, or for ever, incapable of demonstration.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

at bridge but I must
I play a fair hand at bridge, but I must have been rank bad that night.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

and been built into my
I care for life, for humanity; and you are a part of it that has come my way and been built into my house.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

always be borne in mind
In the first place it should always be borne in mind what sort of intermediate forms must, on my theory, have formerly existed.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

and barren but in most
The soil is various, being in some places, particularly in the south, sandy and barren, but in most parts is fertile, especially in the river valleys and in the centre, where there is a very fertile tract known as the 'cotton belt'.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

a broken bootlace in my
Breakfast was just over; the sun was summoning us, imperious as a herald with clamour of trumpet; I ran upstairs to her with a broken bootlace in my hand, and there she was, crying in a corner, her head in her apron.
— from Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame

a blue bulb is merely
In some cases the lamp, sometimes having a blue bulb, is merely contained as a reflector and the light is applied locally as desired.
— from Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh

also be borne in mind
It must also be borne in mind that splendid preparatory work had been done in the churches and Sunday-schools of our land.
— from With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by William E. Sellers

as before but I missed
Mrs. Cushion was just as careful as ever for my comfort—everything was just as well done, and meals as punctual, and rooms spick and span as before; but I missed something.
— from Children of the Dear Cotswolds by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

always be borne in mind
This Teutonic speech may, for convenience' sake, be spoken of as one,—as one branch of that great family of language to which, as we shall see, it belongs; but [pg 195] it should always be borne in mind that this primitive and uniform language never had any real historical existence, and that, like all other languages, that of the Germans began with dialects which gradually formed themselves into several distinct national deposits.
— from Lectures on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

also be borne in mind
But when we have made this summary there is one thing which should also be borne in mind with regard to the religion of Egypt.
— from The Dawn of History: An Introduction to Pre-Historic Study by C. F. (Charles Francis) Keary

a brief but intense mental
Montgomery seemed to undergo a brief but intense mental struggle, then he blurted out: "Boss, I lied when I said it was North I seen come over old man McBride's shed that night!"
— from The Just and the Unjust by Vaughan Kester

also be borne in mind
This extraordinary penetration led me to suppose that I should always succeed as I had done in Ceylon, and I have frequently stood the charge of an African elephant until close upon me, determined to give the forehead shot a fair trial, but I have ALWAYS failed, except in the instance now mentioned; it must also be borne in mind that the elephant was a female, with a head far inferior in size and solidity to that of the male.
— from The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of the Nile Sources by Baker, Samuel White, Sir


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