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and pleasing recurrence in course of time

The sign 卍 known as the Fylfot also, originally supposed to indicate the rotation of the heavens, and having a certain mysterious significance, perhaps, to others not fully aware of its original meaning, was used as a mark or sign of good fortune, and this, too, (being capable of repetition and pleasing recurrence) in course of time became incorporated into systems of ornament.
— from Ideals in Art: Papers Theoretical, Practical, Critical by Walter Crane

a possible refuge in case of the

For Henrietta's eyes were turning to her native land as a possible refuge in case of the worst.
— from Henrietta Maria by Henrietta Haynes

a progressive ratio is characteristic of the

It must rather admit of the free expansion of the frontal lobes of the brain, the decrease of which in a progressive ratio is characteristic of the orang, chimpanzee, and baboon.
— from The Lost Atlantis and Other Ethnographic Studies by Wilson, Daniel, Sir

and postmasters reciting In consequence of the

March 26, 1861, an appeal was addressed "To the people and postmasters," reciting: "In consequence of the great falling off in post-office contributions, ascribable chiefly to the troubles
— from History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society by Frederick L. (Frederick Loviad) Harvey

all police regulations in charge of the

It is, however, becoming a more and more settled policy to place all police regulations in charge of the state department of agriculture, while at the same time the chemical analyses and other scientific and technological inquiries are made at the state experiment station.
— from The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Thomas Forsyth Hunt

as prices rise in consequence of the

The capitalist in search of workmen knows very well that his profits increase as prices rise in consequence of the increased demand for his goods, and pays a trifle higher wages rather than let the whole profit escape him.
— from The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Friedrich Engels

a permanent rising influential community on those

The permanent necessity for such an institution is apparent in the certainty of a permanent, rising, influential community on those admirably situated Islands.
— from The Oahu College at the Sandwich Islands by Punahou School

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