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a royal pension emboldened the

It pleased the public no less, and its sale, together with that of the "Odes" and a West Indian romance, "Buck Jargal," together with a royal pension, emboldened the poet to renew his love-suit.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

any rate promptly efface the

If you suspect his thoughts will take this direction you can easily prevent it, or at any rate promptly efface the false impression.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

a remote place except the

Way láin makalábay sa mga impliyádu ngadtu sa layù gawas sa supirintindinti, No one can assign the employees to a remote place except the superintendent.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

and recalled past events to

This remark made her laugh, and recalled past events to her memory.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

as regards practical effect the

In fact, as regards practical effect, the transit described by the ball ought to be as extended as possible, and this tension could only be obtained under the condition that the projectile should be impelled with a very great initial velocity.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

a rapid pace Eager to

Then Bharat rose at early morn, And in his noble chariot borne Drove forward at a rapid pace Eager to look on Ráma's face.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

a relative position each to

Quantities consist either of parts which bear a relative position each to each, or of parts which do not.
— from The Categories by Aristotle

and recollection please explain to

To the best of your knowledge and recollection, please explain to the Tribunal the entire substance of this written agreement.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 4 by Various

any risk pray exclaimed the

"How did I make you run any risk, pray?" exclaimed the master.
— from Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

alarm refused plumply ever to

But when he had got as far as the docks, Mrs. Gibson, good soul, frightened at the bigness of the ships (a queer cause of alarm), refused plumply ever to put her foot on one of them.
— from Biographies of Working Men by Grant Allen

a religious pamphlet entitled The

In a letter dated 27 September 1940 Reichsleiter and Deputy of the Führer Bormann transmitted to the Defendant Rosenberg a photostatic copy of a letter from Gauleiter Florian dated 23 September 1940, which expresses the Gauleiter’s intense disapproval, on Nazi ideological grounds, of a religious pamphlet entitled, The Spirit and Soul of the Soldier , written by a Major General Von Rabenau.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 4 by Various

and Rico played every thing

As soon as the speed of the start had a little abated, the students called for more music, and Rico played every thing that he could remember ever having heard his father play; and at the end he played,— "I sing to thee with heart and voice."
— from Rico and Wiseli by Johanna Spyri

aboriginal race prior even to

The Indian Gipsies are called Nuts, or Bazegurs, and they are believed by many to be the remains of an aboriginal race, prior even to the Hindoos, and who have never adopted the worship of Bramah.
— from A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language by Walter Simson

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