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bread or whatsoever else the

Martin Bucer first urged him to preach, and when he modestly doubted his ability, Bucer was wont to reply, If thou hast not fine wheat bread, yet give the poor people barley bread, or whatsoever else the Lord hath committed unto thee.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

be overcome without extinguishing the

Inertia of sex could not be overcome without extinguishing the race, yet an immense force, doubling every few years, was working irresistibly to overcome it.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

brandishing of weapons etc they

Since they try to frighten wild animals or their enemies by shrieks, beating of gongs, brandishing of weapons, etc., they use the same methods to scare away the comet.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

before or was ever to

He found himself much at home with them--more at home than he ever had been before, or was ever to be again--in the atmosphere of the Treasury.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

branch of which enters the

This island appears to have been formed by the bifurcation of the Rhine, the northern branch of which enters the sea at Katwyck, a few miles north of Leyden, by the Waal and the course of the Maas, after it has received the Waal, and by the sea.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

believe or was ever treated

He never said he was attacked by Bedouins, I believe, or was ever treated uncivilly, but then in about every other chapter he discovered them approaching, any how, and he had a blood-curdling fashion of working up the peril; and of wondering how his relations far away would feel could they see their poor wandering boy, with his weary feet and his dim eyes, in such fearful danger; and of thinking for the last time of the old homestead, and the dear old church, and the cow, and those things; and of finally straightening his form to its utmost height in the saddle, drawing his trusty revolver, and then dashing the spurs into “Mohammed” and sweeping down upon the ferocious enemy determined to sell his life as dearly as possible.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

back of which extended twenty

In the left there was a sort of engine, from the back of which extended twenty long poles, with which, we conjecture, the Man-Mountain combs his head.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

both of which extend to

From the main entrance to the ruin, extending northward, there are representations of the second and third terraces, both of which extend to the cliff in front of kiva U.
— from Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace by Jesse Walter Fewkes

best of winters even though

Still, a very tiny cottage house standing by itself is pretty cold during the best of winters, even though the walls were thick.
— from My New Home by Mrs. Molesworth

bacteria one would expect to

As the larvæ feed largely on bacteria one would expect to find them in exactly such places where the bacteria are of course abundant.
— from Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Rennie Wilbur Doane

bodies of water enabled their

The unusually favorable conditions prevailing for the growth of traffic on these bodies of water enabled their commerce to thrive and expand at a rate which compared favorably at all times with the growth of railway traffic.
— from Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States 1789-1900 by Thurman William Van Metre

broken out weighs eleven tons

The piece broken out weighs eleven tons.
— from Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia by Oliver Optic

but one was evidently the

Both were small, and neither seemed to have been left by the tread of a peasant; but one was evidently the mark of a boot, cut by some neat and fashionable maker; and De Vaux's servant declared that he could swear to that print having been made by his master's foot.
— from The Gipsy: A Tale (Vols I & II) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

bent of whose energies tends

The composition of the human mind is undoubtedly speculative: and to those of deep thought, as distinguished from others the bent of whose energies tends rather towards action, the temptation to theorize—to venture on the dangerous regions of inference and deduction—appears irresistible.
— from Wild Spain (España agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Abel Chapman

because of what effect the

Not only because of myself, but because of what effect the shock of seeing me may have on her. Remember that I'll be like a stranger to her.
— from The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair

beside ourselves while everywhere throughout

Of one thing only were we sure, and that was, there was no living thing in the house, beside ourselves, while everywhere throughout the house, there was the taint of that disgusting odor.
— from Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson

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