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bothered a great deal about the

We have bothered a great deal about the exposition of some legal difficulty, the definition of some judicial concept, but we have received little instruction or tradition concerning mankind and its passions.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

by and glanced demurely at the

There were ruddy, brown-faced, broad-girthed Spanish Onions, shining in the fatness of their growth like Spanish Friars, and winking from their shelves in wanton slyness at the girls as they went by, and glanced demurely at the hung-up mistletoe.
— from A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens

be a good daughter and that

Sophy does not think of that; her first duty is to be a good daughter, and that is all she thinks about for the present.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

building and gazed down at the

Grasping the sill I pulled myself up to a sitting posture without looking into the building, and gazed down at the baffled animal beneath me.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

be a green dress amongst them

And it came to me sudden like that there might be a green dress amongst them.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

bear a great deal at the

She must have had to bear a great deal at the hands of some “blackguards.”
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

bed and gently drawing aside the

Half raising herself from the bed, and gently drawing aside the curtain, she looked towards the door of the stair-case, but the lamp, that burnt on the hearth, spread so feeble a light through the apartment, that the remote parts of it were lost in shadow.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

bears a great deal and trots

Well, patience is like a stout Welsh poney; it bears a great deal, and trots a great way; but it will tire at the long run.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

being a great day at the

So to my Lord’s; and he is also gone: this being a great day at the Council about some business at the Council before the King.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

been a great day and the

It had been a great day, and the roads were cloudy with the dust of Mid- summer revellers going to their homes.
— from The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6 by Gilbert Parker

be a great defect according to

The Effect of Ali Pasha’s Character on Lord Byron — Sketch of the Career of Ali , and the Perseverance with which he pursued the Objects of his Ambition Although many traits and lineaments of Lord Byron’s own character may be traced in the portraits of his heroes, I have yet often thought that Ali Pasha was the model from which he drew several of their most remarkable features; and on this account it may be expedient to give a sketch of that bold and stern personage—if I am correct in my conjecture—and the reader can judge for himself when the picture is before him—it would be a great defect, according to the plan of this work, not to do so.
— from The Life of Lord Byron by John Galt

buy a good dinner and to

The night after, weak and hungry, he walked till dawn; and being now a good ten leagues from that terrible commissioner, he ventured to buy a good dinner and to get himself set over the Seine.
— from The Adventures of François Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing-Master during the French Revolution by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

building a great dam against the

The Master had returned, safe and unharmed—the Master whose name and power were already thrilling the metropolis as it was never thrilled before; the God-guided Teacher who was bringing new light into the lives of thousands, building a great dam against the threatening tides of sin, evil and death.
— from The Angel by Guy Thorne

been a good deal admired though

'She's too frisky for my taste,' I said, 'but she's been a good deal admired, though I dare say you wouldn't be particularly struck by her.'
— from The Talking Horse, and Other Tales by F. Anstey

breath and glanced down at the

With an effort he shrugged the maddening thoughts aside, took a deep breath and glanced down at the paper in his hands.
— from Dave Dawson at Singapore by Robert Sidney Bowen

be a great dunce and that

It knows itself to be a great dunce, and that it has no opinions but upon suggestion.
— from Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt

be a general desire among the

It seemed to be a general desire among the male maskers to know who she was.
— from The White Rose of Memphis by William C. (Clark) Falkner

be a good deal airier than

It might be a good deal airier than what it is, I'm sure—I shall melt if I stay here much longer.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 by Various

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