"arbeit" hidden in books

a rare bird even in this

it feeds on berries, and I beleive is a rare bird even in this country, or at least this is the second time only that I have seen it.—between the legs of this bird the feathers are white, and those which form the tuft underneath the tail are a mixture of white and a brick red.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

a rare bird even in this

it feeds on berries, and I believe is a rare bird even in this country-.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

and received by each in that

So they stood, each in his place, neither moving a finger's-breadth back, for one good hour, and many blows were given and received by each in that time, till here and there were sore bones and bumps, yet neither thought of crying "Enough," nor seemed likely to fall from off the bridge.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

and renders both equally irrelevant to

The same curse of suffering vitiates Agrippa's ingenious parable and the joyful humility of Dante's celestial friends, and renders both equally irrelevant to human conditions.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

any reasonable being ever identify that

Why, yes, he said: how can any reasonable being ever identify that which is infallible with that which errs? 478 An excellent answer, proving, I said, that we are quite conscious of a distinction between them.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

any reasonable being ever identify that

Why, yes, he said: how can any reasonable being ever identify that which is infallible with that which errs?
— from The Republic by Plato

a round black eye is the

[4949] Homer useth that epithet of ox-eyed, in describing Juno, because a round black eye is the best, the son of beauty, and farthest from black the worse:
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

a rice bank early in the

A few days later a Chinese found the blue tiger asleep under a rice bank early in the afternoon.
— from Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Roy Chapman Andrews

as represented by E in the

One branch is securely bolted to one of the deck-beams, whilst the other is in the same manner attached to a corresponding timber in the ship’s side, as represented by E in the Midship-Frame , plate VII .
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer

and repentance but even in the

Full of grief and remorse, Margarita sought refuge in prayer and repentance; but even in the church, the mocking Demon, whose cruel temptation she had been unable to resist, would find her out, and fill her heart with fear and despair.
— from Stories from the Operas by Gladys Davidson

and Redemption but even in that

I could see dimly a far-stretching blue plain with rivers and white villages showing faintly upon it; my heart leaped at the thought that there below me, within a day's travel, was the land that held Aurelia and Redemption; but even in that same moment there surged up that bitter something which chilled the generous feelings and staled the fluttering hopes.
— from The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Maurice Hewlett

and Robert Boyle especially in the

A further insight into their ideas and purposes is gained if one remembers the part they played (Mackenzie and Robert Boyle especially) in the experimental crisis through which seventeenth-century rhetoric was passing.
— from Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill, preface to Parthenissa (1655) Sir George Mackenzie, "Apologie for romances," prefixed to Aretina, the serious romance (1660) Nathaniel Ingelo, preface to Bentivolio and Urania (1660) Robert Boyle, preface to Theodora and Didymus (1687) by George Mackenzie

are represented by elevations in the

In these objects the wings are represented by elevations in the form of ridges on the sides, and the tail and head by prolongations, which unfortunately were broken off.
— from Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Jesse Walter Fewkes

at Red Butte east in the

A GREAT EROSION SURFACE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE South of Grand Canyon, at Red Butte, east in the Painted Desert, and north in Utah are found remnants of those rocks which once formed a continuous layer over the present plateau.
— from Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region The Geology of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest & Painted Desert by Edwin D. (Edwin Dinwiddie) McKee

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