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blocked each move of

It was long before they came to blows, before strategy stepped aside and tactics completed the work at Trafalgar; but step by step and point by point the rugged but disciplined seamen, the rusty and battered but well-handled ships, blocked each move of their unpractised opponents.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

beautiful eyes menaces of

Such as accuse ladies of contradicting their beauty by their manners, do not always hit right; for, in a face which is none of the best, there may dwell some air of probity and trust; as, on the contrary, I have read, betwixt two beautiful eyes, menaces of a dangerous and malignant nature.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

by every man of

At the bar and in the senate of Rome the ablest orators were not apprehensive of giving offence to their hearers, by exposing that doctrine as an idle and extravagant opinion, which was rejected with contempt by every man of a liberal education and understanding.
— 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

bears evident marks of

But the grooms there disclaim any title to the creature; which is strange, since he bears evident marks of having made a narrow escape from the flames.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

But even men of

But even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others.
— from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde

B El Mk oppression

[‘ threap ’] ðrēapung f. reproof , CP 167 14 . ðrēat I. (ēo) m. press, crowd, throng, host, troop , B, El, Mk : oppression, coercion, calamity , Bl, Jul : threatening ? Æ .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

but every member of

Suppose a club were to be formed, to drink confusion to King George the Third, and a happy restoration to Charles the Third, this would be very bad with respect to the State; but every member of that club must either conform to its rules, or be turned out of it.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

beg every member of

And I beg every member of my sect, i. e. of the Maronite church, who loves truth, if he sees me in an error to point it out to me, that I may leave it, and cleave to the truth.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

by every man on

We value not our minor sorrows sufficiently: there are great ones to be endured by every man on earth; and did not the lesser ones prepare us gently for the burden, we should be crushed under the first mighty misfortune that befall us.
— from Henry of Guise; or, The States of Blois (Vol. 1 of 3) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

by Europeans moved out

When all needful preparations had been made, the army, accompanied by a battery of ten guns, besides mortars and howitzers, all of which were manned by Europeans, moved out against the enemy.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

by enormous masses of

The anniversary was celebrated everywhere by enormous masses of men in a state of tense excitement.
— from Ulster's Stand For Union by Ronald McNeill

be ever mindful of

—‘Teach me to be ever mindful of the wants and wishes of others, and that I may never omit an opportunity of adding to their happiness; let each particular of their condition be present with me, what they are doing or suffering.
— from Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments by Louise Imogen Guiney

bring eight men of

"No! and it would be difficult to bring eight men of any other nationality together in such close proximity without differences arising and contentions taking place; but the Chinamen never trouble each other."
— from By the Golden Gate Or, San Francisco, the Queen City of the Pacific Coast; with Scenes and Incidents Characteristic of its Life by Joseph Carey

Beating early methods of

[Pg 273] INDEX Acid dyes, 201 Acid in papers, 239 Acid size, 170 Agave, 40 Alum, 167 , 168 Aniline dyes, 201 Aniline sulphate, 121 Animal size, 63 , 164 Antichlors, 163 Art paper, 142 Art imitation, 145 Art testing, 147 Asbestos, 174 Ash in paper, 171 Backwater, 120 , 205 Bagasse, 41 Bamboo, 43 Barker, 97 Beating engines, 186 patents, 192 power consumed, 191 Beating, conditions of, 197 Beating, early methods of, 176 Beating, experiments in, 179 Beating, process of, 58 , 175 Bibliography, 253 Bisulphite of lime, 159 Bleaching, 57 , 83 powder, 161 Blue prints, 140 Board machine, 132 , 135 Boards, manufacture of, 131 Boards, duplex, 132 , 134 Book papers, quality of, 246 Books, decay of, 237 Brown papers, 127 Carbonic acid recorder, 215 Casein, 165 , 235 Caustic soda, 81 , 155 Cellulose, 21 derivatives of, 29 hydrolysis of, 27 , 229 oxidation of, 28 percentage of, in plants, 23 properties of, 26 Chemical residues in paper, 238 Chemical wood pulp, 104 Chemicals, 153 China clay, 117 , 150 , 171 , 204 , 234 Coal consumption, 214 Coated paper, 142 Cold ground pulp, 100 Colophony, 169 Colour of paper, fading of, 203 , 241 Colour of paper, matching, 205 Colour of paper, unevenness of,
— from The Manufacture of Paper With Illustrations, and a Bibliography of Works Relating to Cellulose and Paper-Making by R. W. (Robert Walter) Sindall

be expected more or

As might be expected, more or less of the fruit softened and underwent changes which at present would be regarded as decomposition or rotting rather than as clean, normal fermentation.
— from The Olive by K. G. (Katherine Golden) Bitting

by every member of

[Pg 197] the record was laid before the Cabinet and voted upon by every member of the Cabinet, its affirmations, carefully confined to “the confidential interview” between the President and the Judge-Advocate, go no farther than that “the identical paper” was “before the President,” when he signed the death warrant, and they had a conversation “on the subject.”
— from The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by David Miller DeWitt

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