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Britain after the Egyptian model and not

There is a strong desire among the Arab leaders to have it based on a treaty of alliance with Great Britain after the Egyptian model, and not on Article XXII of the Covenant.
— from The Problem of Foreign Policy A Consideration of Present Dangers and the Best Methods for Meeting Them by Gilbert Murray

boy and the eagle met and now

Once more the eyes of the Indian boy and the eagle met; and now it was the eagle who was master!
— from Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas by Various

Bassus a that excellent man and no

The friendship and habitual intercourse, which I have ever cultivated with Saleius Bassus [a] , that excellent man, and no less excellent poet, are well known: and let me add, if poetry is to be arraigned, I know no client that can offer such handsome bribes.
— from A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus

became animate to early man and not

All nature, then, we see became animate to early man, and not less so to the early Egyptian than to others.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt by Lewis Spence

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