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be instruments of seduction they are to

Similarly, when family ties and family affection are perverted to be instruments of seduction, they are to be disregarded, just as religious reputation and miraculous power were to be set aside.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper

branches interlaced overhead so thickly as to

The banks of the river were steep—in some places so much so that Jacques found it a matter of no small difficulty to climb over the broken rocks with the unwieldy canoe on his back; the more so that the branches interlaced overhead so thickly as to present a strong barrier, through which the canoe had to be forced, at the risk of damaging its delicate bark covering.
— from Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

But instead of saying this absurd theatrical

But, instead of saying this absurd, theatrical thing, he looked at her through the drifting cigarette smoke a moment without speaking, trying to read the expression in her face.
— from The Wave: An Egyptian Aftermath by Algernon Blackwood

but instead of seeking to attack the

He had not associated long with Forrester before he found to his amazement that the latter, [39] though apparently of sincere piety, did not subscribe to all the articles; but, instead of seeking to attack the Confession with the Discipline or the Prayer Book, had recourse to the Bible.
— from The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis

but if one stops to analyze these

Mythology is written in glyph and symbol, but if one stops to analyze these {553} mystic tales, volumes may be found hidden beneath the outer husk.
— from Universal Brotherhood, Volume XIII, No. 10, January 1899 A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, the Theosophical Movement, Philosophy, Science and Art by Various

by its own seriousness than all the

CHAPTER VI A serious disposition can make more trouble for itself by its own seriousness than all the misfortunes that come can make for it.
— from Phyllis by Maria Thompson Daviess

beautiful in other souls the art the

It must embrace that part of religion that glows for us, the thing which we find beautiful in other souls, the art, the poetry, the tradition, the love of nature, the craft, the interests we hanker after.
— from Joyous Gard by Arthur Christopher Benson

be incapable of such things as they

You will do better by saying mildly that they must have been misinformed—that you are proud to call him your friend, which you could not do if you did not know him to be incapable of such things as they had heard.
— from Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness by Arthur Martine

become incapable of seeing things as they

It injures the integrity of the faculties and the truthfulness of the mind, inducing its victims to trust to chances instead of likelihood, and to dwell upon extravagances till they become incapable of seeing things as they are.
— from The Billow and the Rock by Harriet Martineau

bare impropriety of speech to apply them

Misnaming disturbs not the certainty of the Knowledge One thing more we are to take notice of, That where God or any other law-maker, hath defined any moral names, there they have made the essence of that species to which that name belongs; and there it is not safe to apply or use them otherwise: but in other cases it is bare impropriety of speech to apply them contrary to the common usage of the country.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by John Locke

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