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admit every shade of

In fact, the dispute seems to rest on the notion that there was a definite and authorized notion of the Messiah, among the Jews, whereas it was probably so vague, as to admit every shade of difference, from the vulgar expectation of a mere temporal king, to the philosophic notion of an emanation from the Deity.—M.] Note 3 ( return )
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

at every stroke of

Hereupon our rulers, supposing, as the case proved to be, that this was a sort of divine fury in the man, brought him to the Roman procurator, where he was whipped till his bones were laid bare; yet he did not make any supplication for himself, nor shed any tears, but turning his voice to the most lamentable tone possible, at every stroke of the whip his answer was, "Woe, woe to Jerusalem!"
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

also elected some of

But after the death of Tatius, the entire government was again vested in the hands of Romulus, although, besides making Tatius his own partner, he had also elected some of the chiefs of the Sabines into the royal council, who on account of their affectionate regard for the people were called patres , or fathers.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

and elaborate shape of

A tree does stand up in the landscape of a doubtful journey in the exact and elaborate shape of a note of interrogation.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

and exhaustion stealing over

I perceived now something of languor and exhaustion stealing over her, and hastened to bid her good night.
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

an entire skin of

their method of preparing it is thus, an entire skin of a bull buffaloe two years old is first provided; a feast is next prepared and all the warriors old men and jugglers invited to partake.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

and expression seem ominous

The smile of triumph shone on his countenance; determined to pursue his object to the uttermost, his manner and expression seem ominous of the accomplishment of his wishes.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

at ease shooting out

As a rule he was between these two extremes, silent, morose, ill at ease, shooting out curt little remarks which made everyone uncomfortable.
— from Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire by Arthur Conan Doyle

an enormous shadow over

The shadow of destiny casts an enormous shadow over the valley it seems to drown in darkness, and in this shadow we are born; but many men can travel beyond it; and those who cannot may find happiness in wisdom which no catastrophe can reach.
— from Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Jethro Bithell

and explaining specimens of

It will be the duty of this person to spend two hours a week in each of the grade schools exhibiting and explaining specimens of the most prominent objects in nature: animals, birds, insects, flowers, vines, shrubs, bushes, and trees.
— from A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

Act except such of

Application of Act to British dominions 25.—(1) This Act, except such of the provisions thereof as are expressly restricted to the United Kingdom, shall extend throughout His Majesty's dominions: Provided that it shall not extend to a self-governing dominion, unless declared by the Legislature of that dominion to be in force therein either without any modifications or additions, or with such modifications and additions relating exclusively to procedure and remedies, or necessary to adapt this Act to the circumstances of the dominion, as may be enacted by such Legislature.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker

and eventually sailed on

The result was that La Salle's rivals in Canada were discomfited, and peremptory orders were sent to La Barre to restore his Seigniory at Fort Frontenac and his station on the Illinois; while an expedition, destined for the Gulf of Mexico, was fitted out at La Rochelle, and eventually sailed on July 24, 1684.
— from A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir

an equal share of

He was adopted by Pius; and, on the accession of Marcus, was invested with an equal share of sovereign power.
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Edward Gibbon

as employed Scripturally one

At the moment I drew near he was having a long and involved argument with another controversialist touching on the sense of the word tabernacle as employed Scripturally, one holding it to mean the fleshly tenement of the soul and the other an actual place of worship.
— from Europe Revised by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

An exaggerated statement of

An exaggerated statement of Strabo makes its height six hundred and six feet.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

as every student of

Of these latter, as every student of history knows, the two principal have been disunion among the Mahomedan peoples and the stagnation of social and intellectual progress that followed the overthrow of the political power of Islam.
— from Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day by Abdullah Browne

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