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a political point of

It drew the attention of the Home Government to the many abuses then practised in the colony, and made them aware of its vast importance in a political point of view, and ultimately led to all our great national improvements.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

a parallel passage of

It is odd enough, that we should find a parallel passage of the same people in the present age.
— 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

a pleasant promenade on

From its agreeableness, overlooking as it did, through its whole length the Harbour and Lake, this walk gave birth to the idea, which became a fixed one in the minds of the early people of the place, that there was to be in perpetuity, in front of the whole town, a pleasant promenade, on which the burghers and their families should take the air and disport themselves generally.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

as public pontiff of

Come, as public pontiff of the Roman people, dictate to me the words in which I may devote myself for the legions."
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

a primeval prototype of

It was simply in fact and effect a primeval prototype of the "puggaree" of Margate and Hindustan.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

a person possessed of

Page vi Introduction In writing a biography, the author, if he be discriminating, selects, with great care, the salient features of the life story of the one whom he deems worthy of being portrayed as a person possessed of preëminent qualities that make for a character and greatness.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

A picturesque part of

A picturesque part of the Hall, called the Ghost's Walk, was seen to advantage from this higher ground; and the startling name, and the old legend in the Dedlock family which I had heard from Mr. Boythorn accounting for it, mingled with the view and gave it something of a mysterious interest in addition to its real charms.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

a plump padding of

To those who have no relish for biographies that round the meagre skeleton of authentic facts with a plump padding of what might have been , this sentence of Paulin Paris is quite refreshing in its stern limitation to positive knowledge.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

always putting pressure on

busìsíru a always putting pressure on people to speed up the work.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

a premium put on

Under such circumstances, there is, in the second place, a premium put on shilly-shallying and procrastination.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

and pardonably proud of

“Untainted it shall remain, while a drop of the blood throbs in my veins, and I, who am jealous of my honor, have carefully pondered the matter, and maturely decided that he who entrusts his happiness to Salome Owen will be indeed an enviable man, and pardonably proud of his prize.
— from Vashti; Or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

a Privy Parlour Of

How Master Richard cried out in Westminster Hall: and of his coming to a Privy Parlour Of Master Richard's speaking with the King's Grace: and how he was taken for it Of Master Richard's second speaking with his Grace: and of his detention Of the Parson's Disquisition on the whole matter How Master Richard took his meat: and of Master Lieutenant's whipping of him Of the Second Temptation of Master Richard: and how he overcame it Of the Dark Night of the Soul How Sir John went again to the cell: and of what he saw there How one came to Master Priest: how Master Priest came to the King's Bedchamber: and of what he heard of the name of Jesus Of Sir John's Meditations in Westminster Palace How Master Richard went to God Of his Burying Introduction
— from The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary by Robert Hugh Benson

a permanent Principle of

Let it be remembered that he taught as a cardinal tenet that there exists a permanent Principle of Unity beneath all forms, changes, and other phenomena of the Universe.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

and poetical presentation of

—A truthful, instructive, pleasing and poetical presentation of Biblical Stories, History and Gospel Truth.
— from Bible Characters by Dwight Lyman Moody

and posterior part of

In the higher groups of both classes the number of limbs is usually not higher than fifteen to twenty; and they are distributed in three principal sections—head, breast, and posterior part of the body.
— from The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy by Ernst Haeckel

a private person or

As to the interest there could have been in carrying off Thomas Roch, either on behalf of a private person or of one of the states of the Old World, it is so evident that there is no need to dwell upon it.
— from Facing the Flag by Jules Verne

a pretty pair of

They are kind, free-handed fellows when they are sober, but they are a pretty pair of fools—they are.”
— from The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

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