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action in making any

[915] for the firm closure of the mouth during strong muscular exertion, on the principle that the influence of the will spreads to other muscles besides those necessarily brought into action in making any particular exertion; and it is natural that the muscles of respiration and of the mouth, from being so habitually used, should be especially liable to be thus acted on.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

and I mistakenly assume

While if it be not such a moral universe, and I mistakenly assume that it is, the course of experience will throw ever new impediments in the way of my belief, and become more and more difficult to express in its language.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

and I might add

"Did your study at the museum afford you such a perfect retreat?" "No, sir, and I might add that it's quite a humble one next to yours.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

actions in man and

On the other hand, Watson, in his Introduction to Comparative Psychology , defines the reflex as "a unit of analysis of instinct," and this means that instinctive actions in man and in animals may be regarded as combinations of simple reflex actions, that is to say of "fairly definite and generally predictable but unlearned responses of lower and higher organisms to stimuli."
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

and invariably make a

Two incidents united to intensify the old unreasoning abhorrence—granted in a previous place to be unreasoning, because the people always are unreasoning, and invariably make a point of producing all their smoke without fire.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

and is made altogether

As iron cast into the fire loseth rust and is made altogether glowing, so the man who turneth himself altogether unto God is freed from slothfulness and changed into a new man.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

anomaly in manners and

Yet must I confess, that from the mouth of a true sweep a display (even to ostentation) of those white and shining ossifications, strikes me as an agreeable anomaly in manners, and an allowable piece of foppery.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

and its Maker and

Submission is the only reasoning between a creature and its Maker; and contentment in his will is the best remedy we can apply to misfortunes.—
— from Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou

and infinitely more accomplished

Escovedo was lured to his destruction, Don John was made to fret his heart away, and Philip—more deceived than all—was betrayed in what he considered his affections, and made the mere tool of a man as false as himself and infinitely more accomplished.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) by John Lothrop Motley

All inventions made and

All inventions made and patented are described and illustrated in the Patent Office Gazette; and many of them are described and illustrated in magazines and newspapers, even if they are not used in actual practice.
— from Invention: The Master-key to Progress by Bradley A. (Bradley Allen) Fiske

as inwardly more answered

the Veni Creator), the music was good, and Coley says was a special help to him; the pleasure of it, and the external hold that it gave, helping him out of himself, as it were, and sustaining him.' Lady Martin adds her touch to the picture; and it may perhaps be recorded for those who may in after times read the history of the first Bishop of the Melanesian Church, that whatever might be wanting in the beauty of St. Paul's, Auckland, never were there three Bishops who outwardly as well as inwardly more answered to the dignity of their office than the three who stood over the kneeling Coleridge Patteson.
— from Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

and interesting men and

Opening on the veldt in Africa with a situation of striking power and originality, the scene, in the course of the plot, shifts to other lands, bringing in a variety of well-drawn and interesting men and women.
— from The Return of the Prodigal by May Sinclair

an important matter and

"But this is an important matter, and can not brook delay.
— from Ralph of the Roundhouse; Or, Bound to Become a Railroad Man by Allen Chapman

an immense mortification as

It would be an immense joke to marry Marcia Grandon; an immense mortification as well!
— from Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda M. Douglas

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