"bastite" hidden in books

body and spirit this is the end

This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest.
— from Anthem by Ayn Rand

been a short time in this employ

After I had been a short time in this employ, I received an order to prepare for my departure for Nagpore, in the service of his highness the Rajah.
— from Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales by W. B. Cramp

be a splendid thing if the engineer

It would be a splendid thing if the engineer took the match himself and went and lit the fuse.
— from Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen

been a sweeter tale in their ears

Has it not been a sweeter tale in their ears than the story-teller's at the corner, because they have told it to themselves and acted a part in it?"
— from Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth by Talbot Mundy

Bue Alas said Thorar in these evil

"Shall we then march to King Bue?" "Alas!" said Thorar, "in these evil days he cannot entertain you all.
— from Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston

be as sapient to imprison the entire

It would be as sapient to imprison the entire youth of a country until it had ceased to commit the offense of being young.
— from Your United States: Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett

bid and so that is the end

Every bid that was made was made in good faith, and every bid that was accepted was followed by a good and sufficient contract entered into by the party making the bid, and so that is the end of that.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

but a small thing in the eye

And though it was but a small thing in the eye of man, yet a wonderful confusion it brought among all professors and priests: but, blessed be the Lord, many came to see the vanity of that custom of putting off hats to men, and felt the weight of Truth's testimony against it. ”
— from The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James

but also seems to indicate the existence

Evidence of Cook's Travels A critical examination of Peary's book not only reveals a remarkable corroboration of Cook's discovery of Bradley Land and the glacial island north of it, but also seems to indicate the existence of islands farther west between the same parallels of latitude.
— from My Attainment of the Pole Being the Record of the Expedition That First Reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy by Frederick Albert Cook

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