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approval that Hezekiah

Berakhoth 10 b ) it is mentioned with approval that Hezekiah put away a ‘book of healings’; where doubtless the author of the tradition had in view some volume of charms ascribed to Solomon, like those which apparently formed part of the esoteric literature of the Essenes [406] .
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

attached to his

Dr. Kenn, having a conscience void of offence in the matter, was still inclined to persevere,–was still averse to give way before a public sentiment that was odious and contemptible; but he was finally wrought upon by the consideration of the peculiar responsibility attached to his office, of avoiding the appearance of evil,–an "appearance" that is always dependent on the average quality of surrounding minds.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

as the height

This reasoning has been cited by oar men of letters as the height of absurdity; but if Gregory the Great had been in the place of Omar, and the Gospel in the place of the Alcoran, the library would still have been burnt, and it would have been perhaps the finest action of his life.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

and to have

Their business ended, the three gentlemen hastened back to the lodgings of Mr Swiveller, whom they found progressing so favourably in his recovery as to have been able to sit up for half an hour, and to have conversed with cheerfulness.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

ascribed to her

The personal appearance of Eliza, the character ascribed to her, are sketches drawn from life.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

appear to have

The independent Britons appear to have relapsed into the state of original barbarism, from whence they had been imperfectly reclaimed.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

And then her

And then her cooing voice, plaintive in expostulation, disturbed the darkness, the velvet touch of her lips passed over his brow, and he could distinguish in the air the warmth of her breath.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

afford to have

No great harm has been done so far, thanks to the excellent wood of which the runners are made, but we can't afford to have them worn.
— from Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott by Robert Falcon Scott

and that he

The story was held to be true, and it was thought that the King's soul returned to animate his body and that he did penance.
— from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 by Anatole France

attack the harbor

The vice-admiral also fell in with some rich ships, but they escaped for a like reason; and these two brave officers, that their expedition might not prove entirely fruitless, resolved to attack the harbor of Cerimbra, in Portugal; where, they received intelligence, a very rich carrack had taken shelter.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume

and the hospital

It was fearfully cold, and the hospital was not heated at all, for there was no wood or coal in Lodz, and for the same reason the gas-jets gave out only the faintest glimmer of light.
— from Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia by Violetta Thurstan

away to hide

We talked to her for awhile, and tried to scratch away the earth from round the wall, in the hope of getting at her; but it was all useless, and as the day began to dawn nothing remained but to make off before the men arose, and to crawl away to hide ourselves in the woods again.
— from Bear Brownie: The Life of a Bear by Harry Perry Robinson

as to heat

Arrange a cast-iron pot in a fire so as to heat it to the temperature of melted lead, or just below a red heat.
— from Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

also that he

Now, unhappily, every foreign court, in learning that he was recalled to office, learned also that he no longer possessed the hearts of his countrymen.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 6 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

all that happened

She left him, promising to write to me of all that happened.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 22: to London by Giacomo Casanova

announced to her

I was just pausing to enquire my way of a slatternly-looking woman, who stood considerably in front of the door of a dirty-looking house in one of the dirtiest lanes I had yet explored, and who, with an apron thrown round her shoulders, to supply, it seemed to me, the absence of their appropriate garments, appeared, from the direction of her looks, to be awaiting some one's arrival, when a lad hastened up the opposite side of the alley, and breathlessly announced to her, that "the docther wouldn't come 'thout he first got his fee."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various

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