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a rather captious code for

He has a rather captious code for outsiders.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

attend rabbinical conferences comes from

The discomfort endured by those who attend rabbinical conferences ... comes from the demons mingling with men in these circumstances.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

as rational creatures could find

I sat a couple of long hours, half stifled, in the midst of a noisome crowd; and could not help wondering that so many hundreds of those that rank as rational creatures, could find entertainment in seeing a succession of insipid animals, describing the same dull figure for a whole evening, on an area, not much bigger than a taylor’s shop-board.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

a rapid cry came from

While the visitor's attention was fixed by this scene, suddenly the hatchet-polishers half rose, and a rapid cry came from Don Benito.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

a richly carved case from

He bowed and took a richly carved case from under his coat, put it on the dressing-table, bowed once again and went to the door.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

and recollected certain circumstances fear

But, when she again looked round her gloomy chamber, and recollected certain circumstances, fear seized her spirits, and she hesitated.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

a race contend c for

compete with, cope with, vie with, race with; outvie[obs3], emulate, rival; run a race; contend &c. for, stipulate for, stickle for; insist upon, make a point of.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

A R CONTENTS CHAPTERS FROM

Editor N. A. R. CONTENTS CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.—I. INTRODUCTION.
— from Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain

a revenue cutter could for

What a great thing it would be if a revenue cutter could for just one season be given to science!
— from Anthropological Survey in Alaska by Aleš Hrdlička

a rather crudely coloured figure

In this little gallery were two or three rush-seated chairs, and in a niche in the wall a rather crudely coloured figure of the Virgin.
— from The Princess Galva: A Romance by David Whitelaw

a red colour came flamin

"Then a red colour came flamin' all over her face.
— from The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

another rill comming Crawthorne from

From hence it goeth to Ridleie, and there taketh in another rill comming Crawthorne. from Potto, thence to Crawthorne brooke, Leuanton, Milton, Hilton, Inglesbie, and so into the These, betwéene Yarne and Barwijc, whereof I made mention before.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

a Roman Catholic convert from

This lady, a Roman Catholic convert from Protestantism, had forsaken a husband, not loved, and was living on a bounty from King Victor Amadeus of Sardinia.
— from French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

a rifle came clearly from

He staggered and went down headlong in a clump of greasewood, and at the same instant the report of a rifle came clearly from the high pinnacle at the head of Sunlight Basin.
— from Starr, of the Desert by B. M. Bower

abroad received commissions constantly from

[199] The booksellers found Richard de Bury a generous and profitable customer, and those [ 123 ] residing abroad received commissions constantly from him.
— from Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by F. Somner (Frederick Somner) Merryweather

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