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and become disciples of

Many young men have taken up a different attitude, and become disciples of J. J. Rousseau and Madame de Staël.
— from On Love by Stendhal

a benefit dance outbid

[A; a] in a benefit dance, outbid s.o. else for the privilege of dancing with a certain girl.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

at battered doors on

The opinion was, that for the moment there would be nothing for me to do, and especially not in Dresden, or at the grand-ducal court, 'as one could not very well knock at battered doors'; 'on ne frappe pas a des portes enfoncees' (Princess von Wittgenstein to Belloni).
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

and black death on

Curses on your head, and black death on your heart, you imp!
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

attack by divisions on

This formation seems most reasonable, whether it is desired to form the battalion in columns of attack by divisions on the center of each battalion, or on any other division.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

a breezy day only

It was like a breezy day only to look at him.
— from Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

and begin diplomatically or

They had disputed much upon their policy, about whether they should leave the unmasked Gogol without and begin diplomatically, or whether they should bring him in and blow up the gunpowder at once.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Another bank drove over

Another bank drove over Ealing, and surrounded a little island of survivors on Castle Hill, alive, but unable to escape.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

A23 B D O

1635-69 170 or thought] Or thought 1633 172 sing, 1633: sing: 1635-69 178 you, yours, A23 , B , D , O'F , S96 give, 1633: give.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

a bestial droop of

And the senseless limbs were scattered abroad like spokes of wheels; And crapulous women sat and stared at the stones anigh With a bestial droop of the lip and a swinish rheum in the eye.
— from Ballads by Robert Louis Stevenson

at Beaver Dam on

At the Eldership meeting which convened at Beaver Dam on Oct. 5, 1878, and which was the third annual [192] session, Brother Warner was voted a member.
— from Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers

a bold demand on

He was a reckless, unprincipled gambler, and, having recently encountered heavy losses, came with a bold demand on Hardin's purse.
— from Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

and being desirous of

He became apparently cheerful, and being desirous of employment, was sent out with a large party into the hay-field.
— from The Anatomy of Suicide by Forbes Winslow

a brave disregard of

Perhaps there was little of spiritual insight in the minds of these Angles and Saxons, little love of beauty, little care for the amenities of life; but they had a sturdy loyalty, an uprightness, a brave disregard of death in the cause of duty, which we can still recognise in modern Englishmen.
— from Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt

a brother despite of

Never shall I forget the impressive tone and manner with which he said, when parting with me, ‘Young man, never forget this important truth— that heart alone in sincerity loves God, who can see, in every pious man, a brother, despite of difference of creed.
— from Home Scenes and Heart Studies by Grace Aguilar

a big draught of

[Pg 265] "I wish you would get the 'Apologia of Plato'," I said, "and take a big draught of that deathless smiling courage of Socrates."
— from Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 1 by Frank Harris

A brief description of

A brief description of the position will explain the nature of the movement, which lost to the Sixth corps the position it had held for a day and a half.
— from Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. (George Thomas) Stevens

arise by division of

They arise by division of the spermatospores, or modified epithelial cells, and form hollow cysts, within which sperm cells (or spermatoblasts) are developed by further division.
— from The Structure and Life-history of the Cockroach (Periplaneta orientalis) An Introduction to the Study of Insects by L. C. (Louis Compton) Miall

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