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a better reception and

This idea, although even more silly than that of the Parisian author, met with a better reception, and was in some measure believed to be the true solution of the wonder, until the inventor put an end to the discussion by suffering a close examination of the top of the box.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

a b reliquorum A

[89] reliquarum A 1 B 1 H a b; reliquorum A 2 B 2 c. [90] natura Edd.; naturae MSS.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

and breathes revenge and

Herself, impatient, to the ready car, The coursers joins, and breathes revenge and war.
— from The Iliad by Homer

and bearing roses as

" The following year the snail lay in almost the same spot, in the sunshine under the rose-tree, which was again budding and bearing roses as fresh and beautiful as ever.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

and by Rodericus a

Many other inconveniences are reckoned up by Mercatus, and by Rodericus a Castro, in their tracts de melancholia virginum et monialium; ob seminis retentionem saviunt saepe moniales et virgines , but as Platerus adds, si nubant sanantur , they rave single, and pine away, much discontent, but marriage mends all.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

around but rarely among

The extravasated blood is found to lie around but rarely among the nerve fibres, which do not show any pathological alteration.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

and blushing redder and

Feeling that she must get through the matter somehow, Jo produced her manuscript, and, blushing redder and redder with each sentence, blundered out fragments of the little speech carefully prepared for the occasion.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

after being rested and

For a little while she got on very well, but after a longer gallop than usual the old strain returned, and after being rested and doctored she was again sold.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

also be regarded as

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment—a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to an answer.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

After breakfast Rodolphe at

After breakfast, Rodolphe at once made himself at home by depositing in his room such property as he had brought with him for the journey to the Saint-Gothard, and he watched Leopold as he set out, moved by the spirit of routine, to carry out the excursion for himself and his friend.
— from Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac

a billiard room above

Below there was a billiard room; above, a library and a little salon.
— from The Substitute Millionaire by Hulbert Footner

a broad ribbon and

The mayor rose and in the most dignified way read a finished speech to General Grant, who stood, as usual, very awkwardly; and the mayor closed his speech by handing him the resolutions of the City Council engrossed on parchment, with a broad ribbon and large seal attached.
— from Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 2 by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

answer but ran after

The other did not answer, but ran after him and gazed at him with the same imploring but yet inflexible expression.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

and began reading a

Matvey lighted a candle and began reading a book which he had borrowed from the station policeman.
— from The Bishop and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

also be relaxed and

The organ of sight may also be relaxed, and rendered more susceptible of disease, by the constant practice of washing the face, even in the middle of summer, with warm water.
— from Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir

a blackfellow ride any

He could track like a blackfellow, ride any horse that was ever foaled, find his way in the thickest country with unerring skill, was a first-class rifle shot, an unequalled judge of cattle, a trifle pugnacious at certain seasons, but, and this seems an anomaly, at other times he possessed a heart as tender as a little child.
— from The Childerbridge Mystery by Guy Boothby

all been received as

Dear Bahá’í Friends: Your letters dated Sept. 24th, Oct. 1st and Nov. 12th, 1946, have all been received, as well as the interesting reports you enclosed with them, and our beloved Guardian has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.
— from The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) by Effendi Shoghi

a beetle running across

“A beetle, a beetle,” cries Sonya, pointing to a beetle running across the table.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

a book rather as

At the time when Pike first appeared in print, it was the fashion to regard an index to a book rather as an elegant superfluity, or a luxury of leisurely authorship, than as the imperative obligation and absolute necessity which we now find it to be, whenever anything else than fiction or poetry becomes a candidate for public favor.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

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