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been inclined to excuse the threats of

George Gildersleeve, who, moved by his antipathy to the abolitionists, had been inclined to excuse the threats of the Southerners, now turned against them, and came out wonderfully strong for the Union, accompanying his loyal protestations with frequent allusions to the immortal Washington, and the patriotic services of his grandsire in the horse-shoeing line; in testimony whereof the Archimedes Works flaunted a starry banner of magnificent dimensions.
— from Mark Gildersleeve: A Novel by John S. Sauzade

back in the end to the old

Did it not come back in the end to the old ways, to the first principles?
— from The Potter's Thumb by Flora Annie Webster Steel

becomes important to examine the tendency of

Hence, in criticising a novel, it becomes important to examine the tendency of the work.
— from Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Various

But in their excitement they trudged on

But in their excitement they trudged on, until presently a pale glow behind the dwarfed trees showed that the moon was rising.
— from The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Arthur Cheney Train

Boil it tender enough to take out

Boil it tender enough to take out the bones, which will be in about 2 hours.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

but in the end they turned out

From abroad he received again assurances of aid, but in the end they turned out to be, as before, empty promises.
— from The story of Hungary by Ármin Vámbéry

But in the end the three of

But, in the end, the three of us are to hit Penfield together, on a ragged field, when there’s a chance for heavy odds.
— from The Wire Tappers by Arthur Stringer

but in the end these tests only

It is true that they caused him anxiety of mind, and not a little annoyance, in disproving the malignant charges brought against him; but, in the end, these tests only caused his purity of character to shine out with more surpassing brilliancy.
— from Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou

Bombay in this excitement this turmoil of

And this of itself is enough to recall to mind the spectre of the plague that is decimating Bombay; in this excitement, this turmoil of colour and noise, we had forgotten it.
— from Enchanted India by Bozidar Karadordevic

bear it The elements take their own

Wherever the air shall bear it; The elements take their own— The shadows receive thy spirit.
— from The Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

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