"blavet" hidden in books

between lord and vassal except that

The relation between husband and wife is very like that between lord and vassal, except that the wife is held to more unlimited obedience than the vassal was.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

by long and varied experience took

We shall shortly see that Lady Hester, with her quick insight into character, an insight sharpened by long and varied experience, took "the measure" of her visitor very accurately, and lightly estimated the vanity, self-consciousness, and inflated sentimentality which weakened the genius of Lamartine and marred his career, both for his country and himself.
— from Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

be lowdown and vulgar enough to

He could be lowdown and vulgar enough to ask right out if he wished.
— from At Good Old Siwash by George Fitch

because ladies are vain enough to

“All this contretemps because ladies are vain enough to wish the world to see how beautiful they are.
— from The Tiger Lily by George Manville Fenn

by leaving a vessel exposed to

"Breakdowns of machinery alone would hardly account for the loss of vessels, but they might do so indirectly—first, by leaving a vessel exposed to the mercy of rough weather; secondly, by damaging the hull and letting the water in.
— from Derelicts: An Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic And a Brief History of Blockade Runners Stranded Along the North Carolina Coast, 1861-1865 by James Sprunt

by long and various exercises to

Warlike and ambitious by nature, he armed [Pg 3] the most vigorous of his young men, and accustomed them by long and various exercises to all the toils and dangers of war.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Max Duncker

but likewise also virulent errors therefore

Rev. Fair, a member of this synod, wrote: For what is it (the Augsburg Confession) but a bit of paper and ink, containing, indeed, some good truths, but likewise also virulent errors; therefore let it go where finally all error must go—to hell.
— from American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by F. (Friedrich) Bente

both loud and violent every time

A mania which appears to be general among German officers and non-commissioned officers alike is to be both loud and violent every time they speak to subordinates or prisoners.
— from My Three Years in a German Prison by Henri Severin Beland

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