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by environment history and

From Heidelberg he went to Leipzig, then famous for the new studies in psychology which were making the science of the mind almost as exact as that of the body, and became interested in the comparison of race characteristics as influenced by environment, history and language.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

by England Holland and

Philip , Duke of Anjou, afterward Philip V. of Spain, Spanish throne bequeathed to, 202 ; war declared against, by England, Holland, and Germany, 205 ; loses Gibraltar, 210 ; besieges Gibraltar, 212 ; loses Barcelona and Catalonia, 213 ; driven from Madrid, 214 ; recovers all Spain, except Catalonia, 214 ; acknowledged King of Spain by Treaty of Utrecht, 219 ; deprived of Netherlands and Italian dependencies, 219 ; enmity to the regent Orleans, 232 ; seizes Sardinia, 235 ; attacks Sicily, 236 ; brought to terms by France and the Sea Powers, 239 ; makes alliance with the Emperor Charles VI., 244 ; attacks Gibraltar, 245 .
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

but exchanging heaven and

But the truth is the soul is an exile and wanderer, being driven about by the divine decrees and laws, and then, as in some sea-girt island, gets joined to the body like an oyster to its shell, as Plato says, because it cannot call to mind or remember from what honour and greatness of happiness it migrated, not from Sardis to Athens, nor from Corinth to Lemnos or Scyros, but exchanging heaven and the moon for earth and life upon earth, if it shifts from place to place for ever so short a time it is put out and feels strange, and fades away like a dying plant.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

but empty heart and

Here the huge Earl cried out upon her talk, As all but empty heart and weariness And sickly nothing; suddenly seized on her, And bare her by main violence to the board, And thrust the dish before her, crying, 'Eat.' 'No, no,' said Enid, vext, 'I will not eat Till yonder man upon the bier arise, And eat with me.'
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

by everybody here and

It is a thing known by everybody here, and cannot be doubted except by those who admit that they believe nothing of foreign customs.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

broken eloquence halted and

This windy and high-sounding bombast, a recent immigrant to Athens, from Asia, touched with its breath the aspiring minds of youth, with the effect of some pestilential planet, and as soon as the tradition of the past was broken, eloquence halted and was stricken dumb.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

Bagdad eight hundred and

The names of Mesua and Geber, of Razis and Avicenna, are ranked with the Grecian masters; in the city of Bagdad, eight hundred and sixty physicians were licensed to exercise their lucrative profession: 64 in Spain, the life of the Catholic princes was intrusted to the skill of the Saracens, 65 and the school of Salerno, their legitimate offspring, revived in Italy and Europe the precepts of the healing art.
— 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

been expecting her all

I have been expecting her all day.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

became excessively hot and

As the sun crept up the sky the day became excessively hot, and under foot a thick, whitish sand grew burning and blinding, so that they travelled only very slowly.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

but evil habits are

Ned, who had in fact been inclined to feel triumphant over his success, was sobered by his father's grave words and manner; and resolved that he would try hard to conquer his fault; but evil habits are hard to overcome, and the full force of his father's words was still to come home to him.
— from Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

but Ernest had a

We were soon ready to return to the boat, but Ernest had a fancy for remaining alone on the island till we came back.
— from Elementary Composition by George R. (George Rice) Carpenter

but eight hundred and

Our brigade numbered but eight hundred and fifty muskets, all told; no supports but the color-guards.
— from Historical sketch of the Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers First Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps by Edward Livingston Campbell

became Emperor he appointed

When Napoleon became Emperor he appointed Cambacérès Arch-chancellor and created him a Prince of the Empire and Duke of Parma.
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 2 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 2 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

but everybody has agreed

—Indeed, I do not know that they are of any use; but everybody has agreed to take them; and therefore you may buy with them whatever you want.
— from The History of Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day

but each had a

They were no idle travelers, but each had a mission.
— from History of the Johnstown Flood Including all the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; the Over-Throw of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek. by Willis Fletcher Johnson

blue eyes had a

His blue eyes had a heavy, stupid, honest glance; and of the three qualities stupidity predominated.
— from The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett

before engulfing her and

The seas loomed above the broken craft like huge, black mountains, yet somehow they seemed to break just a few seconds before engulfing her and to divide, passing on either side, but the "Sister Sue" wallowed in a smother of foam, creaking and groaning, giving in every joint, and threatening to fall to pieces with each new twist and turn forced upon her by the writhing seas.
— from The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome Bar by Janet Aldridge

but executed him as

But what conclusively proves this is the fact that the Mandarins demanded the Mo-wang as a pirate, but executed him as a political offender , and nothing else.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume II) by Augustus F. Lindley

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