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a nature directly repugnant one

To this crazy constitution of his mind may, I think, very justly be ascribed two faults which he had, of a nature directly repugnant one to the other, namely, an excessive confidence and the most abject timidity.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

and Neal Dow right of

(1852-1853.), 81 -105 Women's first appearance before Albany Legislature; Miss Anthony, Rev. Antoinette Brown and Mrs. Bloomer speak in New York and Brooklyn by invitation of S.P. Townsend and make tour of State; attack of Utica Telegraph; phrenological chart; visit at Greeley's; women insulted and rejected at temperance meeting in Brick Church, New York; abusive speeches of Wood, Chambers, Barstow and others; Greeley's defense; attack of N.Y. Commercial-Advertiser, Sun, Organ and Courier; first annual meeting Women's State Temperance Society; letters from Gerrit Smith and Neal Dow; right of Divorce; men control meeting; Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony withdraw from Society; Samuel F. Gary declines to attend Temperance Convention; characteristic advice from Greeley; Miss Anthony attends State Teachers' Convention and raises a commotion; Professor Davies' speech; disgraceful scene at World's Temperance Convention in New York; Woman's Rights Convention mobbed; Cleveland Convention; Miss Anthony and Rev. W.H.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

are no deadly reptiles on

Our mother complained that we were scarcely enough afraid of snakes; as there are no deadly reptiles on Puget Sound, we thrust our hands into the densest foliage or searched the thick grass without dread of a lurking enemy.
— from Blazing the Way; Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny

a neat design reminiscent of

She had on a print frock of a neat design reminiscent of old-fashioned china, and she had pinned a posy of daisies on her shoulder.
— from Gone to Earth by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb

a not distant relation of

It is a not distant relation of the earliest wheel, which was a heavy head on a short shaft, pivoted in a stone socket.
— from Pottery, for Artists, Craftsmen & Teachers by George James Cox

am no deceiver Rushes off

Now I want your aid, honest Werner!—No, Minna, I am no deceiver! (Rushes off.)
— from Minna Von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

and nothing distinctive remains of

[pg 107] more often the newcomers are absorbed among the earlier race, and nothing distinctive remains of them but a name.
— from Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston

are no doubt remnants of

Like the Ganoids, the Dipnoi are no doubt remnants of a very primitive stock; but in the conversion of the air-bladder into a true lung, the highly specialized character of their limbs
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

and no doubt read our

The Altrurian looked around at all our faces, and no doubt read our eager curiosity in them.
— from A Traveler from Altruria: Romance by William Dean Howells

at noon Dulcina rested or

was it, Come Shepherds deck your heads : or, As at noon Dulcina rested : or Philida flouts me ? Pisc .
— from The Complete Angler 1653 by Izaak Walton

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