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and most especially not to agree

This, Mr. Pinckney was instructed to insist upon with Great Britain; to accept of nothing short of it; and, most especially, not to agree that a certificate of citizenship should be requirable from our seamen; because it would be made a ground for the authorized impressment of them.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 4 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

and more exalted nature than any

If, therefore, the subject-matter of philosophy is the whole inward life of man, if its end is the solution of the ever-recurring questions of the speculative consciousness, and the reading of the enigma of existence, or however else we may choose to characterize and express it, it is assuredly something of a distinct and more exalted nature than any of the preparatory sciences which make up the academical course of study for the specific objects of some limited calling and profession.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

and more excellent name than all

2. Thence the name of a Christian is a higher and more excellent name than all the names in the world.
— from True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc. by Johann Arndt

a more earthly need the ache

Yet, if pity had not prevented him, this afternoon, in her office, he might have forced her to a sharper realization of a more earthly need, the ache for sympathy, consolation, the imperative cry of self.
— from The Three Black Pennys: A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer

and magnificently equipped now they all

The companions in arms of Josserant had all left Europe well mounted and magnificently equipped: now they all fought on foot, and had nothing left but lance and sword.
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 2 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud

a more extended notice to a

It is not worth while to give a more extended notice to a book of this sort.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

all means enfranchise Negroes they argued

By all means enfranchise Negroes, they argued with him, but enfranchise women as well, and if there must be a limitation on suffrage, let it be on the basis of literacy, not on the basis of sex.
— from Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian by Alma Lutz

A moral epidemic nerved the arm

A moral epidemic nerved the arm of the invaders, another paralyzed the strength of the invaded.
— from Calavar; or, The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird

and most enviable Naples the august

Happy and most enviable Naples, the august home of literature!
— from Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters A Selection from His Correspondence with Boccaccio and Other Friends, Designed to Illustrate the Beginnings of the Renaissance by Francesco Petrarca

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