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but is nearly dry at

wide at this place but is nearly dry at present, the water being confined to little pools in the deeper parts of it's bed.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

before I now doubly adore

And if I adored her before, I now doubly adore her.”
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

but it never did anything

In fact, when a single poplar was thrown into it, it formed a bridge, 278 and the whole river roared with foam and blood and beat upon the shoulders of Achilles, 279 if indeed we may believe even this, but it never did anything more violent.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

But if not distinct acts

[148] But if not distinct acts of will, these immediate antecedents of each movement of the chain are at any rate accompanied by consciousness of some kind.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

be in no degree altered

From these observations it must appear unquestionably true, that trial by jury is in no case abolished by the proposed Constitution, and it is equally true, that in those controversies between individuals in which the great body of the people are likely to be interested, that institution will remain precisely in the same situation in which it is placed by the State constitutions, and will be in no degree altered or influenced by the adoption of the plan under consideration.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Being is no doubt an

Hence the concept of an absolutely necessary Being is no doubt an indispensable Idea of Reason, but yet it is a problematical concept unattainable by the human Understanding.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

But I never did and

But I never did; and so, as time went on, he passed out of my mind.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

bordered it no dwelling anywhere

No fields bordered it, no dwelling anywhere.
— from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

but is not doing an

The present one is well built and well conducted, by an English Company, but is not doing an immense amount of business.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

beauty is nothing discoverable as

This true beauty is nothing discoverable as an attribute in another thing, for these nre only beautiful things, not the beautiful itself.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

but I never did and

I reckon I could have found out easy enough, but I never did; and I had pretty good reasons for wanting to know, too.
— from The Fortune of the Landrays by Vaughan Kester

bickerings is no doubt an

Well, the two men were friends, but neither was in this relation quite impeccable (which is as much as to say that both were human), and to judge by such hints as are gatherable on either side, their case was not xxx entirely unlike that of Bridget Elia and her cousin,—"generally in harmony, with occasional bickerings, as it should be among near relations;" though "bickerings" is no doubt an undignified term for use in this connection.
— from Journal 01, 1837-1846 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 07 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

be in no danger at

"Perhaps I shall be in no danger at all," returned Ozma, with a little laugh.
— from Glinda of Oz In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the Good by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

be in no doubt as

Whatever modern walls it was necessary to build were carefully marked with Pius XII brick-stamps, that future archaeologists might be in no doubt as to which masonry was modern and which ancient.
— from The Mute Stones Speak: The Story of Archaeology in Italy by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick

barnstormed in North Dakota and

Following the World War he barnstormed in North Dakota and neighboring States in a plane purchased for him by friends in the vicinity of Hatton.
— from North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota

But I never dared anticipate

But I never dared anticipate repose in the company of Mr. Bates, who was apt to burst into sudden flame on the slightest provocation.
— from Japanese Plays and Playfellows by Osman Edwards

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