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both are simply different expressions of
But that in general a relation is possible between a composition and a perceptible representation rests, as we have said, upon the fact that both are simply different expressions of the same inner being of the world.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

both are simply different expressions of
—But that in general a relation is possible between a composition and a perceptible representation rests, as we have said, upon the [Pg 126] fact that both are simply different expressions of the same inner being of the world.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

brilliant and sometimes dazzling expression of
The brilliant and sometimes dazzling expression of his eye could not be overlooked.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume V. by Walter Scott

Balkat a short distance east of
In fact, the Chinese themselves claim to have invaded China in the early days from the north-west; and their first location is placed by Winchell near Lake Balkat, a short distance east of the Caspian, where we have already seen Aryan Atlantean colonies planted at an early day.
— from Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly

Buffaloville a short distance east of
Mrs. Lamar, the wife of Captain Lamar, who resided at Buffaloville, a short distance east of Lincoln City, said to me, in her home, September 8, 1903: [Pg 22]
— from Footprints of Abraham Lincoln Presenting many interesting facts, reminiscences and illustrations never before published by J. T. (Jonathan Todd) Hobson

but a short distance east of
The Austrian army was drawn up on some formidable heights but a short distance east of the city.
— from History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great. by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

be a synthetic deductive explanation of
These descriptive, inductive, comparative studies, proceeding a posteriori from effects to causes, he conceived rather as a preparation for scientific knowledge proper; this latter he conceived to be a synthetic , deductive explanation of things, in the light of some common aspect detected in them as principle or cause of all their concrete characteristics.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

better and so did every other
Mrs. Mimms however knew better and so did every other member of the small cadre of qualified CPO's.
— from The Amazing Mrs. Mimms by David C. Knight

but a short distance except of
As has been said earlier, the history of Africa reaches back but a short distance, except, of course, as far as the lower Nile valley and Roman Africa is concerned; elsewhere no records exist, save tribal traditions, and these only relate to very recent events.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

being a slave driver either of
He does not really enjoy being a slave driver, either of human or animal slaves, although he can be hardened to it with shocking ease if there seems no other way of getting what he wants.
— from Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. (Edwin Emery) Slosson


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