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a seat When out of Norway

" Bjarne Gullbrarskald composed the following lines concerning Kalf Arnason:— "By thee the kings got each his own,— Magnus by thee got Norway's throne; And Svein in Denmark got a seat, When out of Norway he was beat.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

and so was obliged of necessity

This was itself a prodigious multitude; and though this man was not himself set as a governor at that gate, yet was he appointed to pay the public stipend for carrying these bodies out, and so was obliged of necessity to number them, while the rest were buried by their relations; though all their burial was but this, to bring them away, and cast them out of the city.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

all soldiers whether of officers non

The aim of the league as defined in the constitution is “to bring the wives and relatives of all soldiers, whether of officers, non-commissioned officers or men of the staff, permanent corps and active militia of Canada, into closer touch and sympathy with one another so that whether in sickness or in health they may be able mutually to aid and assist one another and their families in times of difficulty, trouble or distress.”
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

a stampede whose original objective none

They could see the rears of innumerable running animals, stupidly continuing the charge, hardly different, now, from a stampede, whose original objective none now remembered.
— from This World Is Taboo by Murray Leinster

and strength were often of no

Every year many brave men lost their lives on the mountains, and skill and strength were often of no avail against the reckless hardihood of inexperienced and rash travellers, who would not listen to advice, and who risked other lives besides their own in their folly and pride.
— from Squib and His Friends by Evelyn Everett-Green

already somewhat weary of our nun

Desirous of a little excitement, and already somewhat weary of our nun-like simplicity of toilette, we decided to do honor to our guest by dressing our hair quite elaborately, and attiring ourselves, despite the heat, in our best bombazines with their weight of crape.
— from The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua by Cecilia Pauline Cleveland

a single word old or new

Now in communicating truths, which the writer deems of great and fundamental importance, shall he thus appropriate a single word old or new, or trust to the vagueness of perpetual circumlocution?
— from Aids to Reflection; and, The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

a supersensible will or otherwise nor

That the assertion ‘This is good’ is not identical with the assertion ‘This is willed,’ either by a supersensible will, or otherwise, nor with any other proposition, has been proved; nor can I add anything to that proof.
— from Principia Ethica by G. E. (George Edward) Moore

and stuffed with oysters ought not

I still have pleasing reminiscences of the gumbo soup; and a boned turkey, boiled, and stuffed with oysters, ought not, and can not, ever be forgotten.
— from A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by J. Harris (John Harris) Knowles

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