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bare repulsive and dreary the

The further we went the hotter the sun got, and the more rocky and bare, repulsive and dreary the landscape became.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

bring ruin and disaster to

But the fatal necklace and veil were doomed to bring ruin and disaster to all who possessed them.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

bear ridicule and disregard the

Only when a boy had attained its ranks did Alexander demand of him what other masters indiscreetly require of mere infants—namely the superior frame of mind which, while never indulging in mockery, can itself bear ridicule, and disregard the fool, and keep its temper, and repress itself, and eschew revenge, and calmly, proudly retain its tranquillity of soul.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

but rooks and daws there

"In London"—here he loosed his shaft—"thou canst find nought to shoot at but rooks and daws; there one can tickle the ribs of the noblest stags in England.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

been reddened a dozen times

There was not a man in the room whose hands had not been reddened a dozen times before.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

blame ridicule a disgrace to

ἐμωμήθην, to find fault with, censure, blame, 2 Co. 8.20; passively, 2 Co. 6.3: from Μῶμος , ου, ὁ, blame, ridicule; a disgrace to society, a stain, 2 Pe. 2.13.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

became rebellious as during the

The factor sighed as he spoke in this meditative way, and Cuthbert could read between the lines, knowing what a wasted life it must seem to look back upon, with the monotony broken only by scenes of violence, when Indians went upon the warpath or halfbreeds 163 became rebellious, as during the great uprising along the Saskatchewan, when the ugly front of war made this region its battle ground.
— from Canoe Mates in Canada; Or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan by St. George Rathborne

be respectful and don t

Jill, be respectful, and don't talk like a bargee.
— from Plays : Fourth Series by John Galsworthy

become rounded and decidedly toucan

The bill, too, has been altered, having become rounded and decidedly toucan-like, while the tail has undergone abbreviation, also in the direction of likeness to the toucan.
— from Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 by Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee) Henshaw

back ran away down the

They followed the sound along the fence for a little way, and then suddenly the Corporal shaded his eyes with his hand for a moment, and telling the children to wait till he came back, ran away down the fence as fast as his lame leg would carry him, turned into the wood by a hunting-gate and disappeared.
— from The Drummer's Coat by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

become rich and decides that

The fourth, the longest in the whole work, considers the direct interferences by which governments have attempted to lead or force their subjects to become rich; and decides, “that every system which endeavours, either by extraordinary encouragements, to draw towards a particular species of industry a greater share of the capital of the society than would naturally go to it, or, by extraordinary restraints, to force from a particular species of industry some share of the capital which would otherwise be employed in it, is in reality subversive of the great purpose which it means to promote.
— from Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy by Nassau William Senior

been rather a diversion than

Finally, he describes his undertaking as an “employment, wherein he who performs best, traffics for small gain, and it would be unfair and unconscionable to make the loss more than the adventure; and, at the worst, it having been rather a diversion than a task, helping me to while away a few winter hours, which is some recreation to one who has led a life of action and business; and 20 whose humour and fortune suit not with the pleasures of the town.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18 Dialogue concerning Women; Characters; Life of Lucian; Letters; Appendix; Index by John Dryden

But rather a decent thing

But rather a decent thing has happened.
— from Tales of St. Austin's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

been raised and down the

Now in this extraordinary manner the curtain had been raised... and down the valley we could see the high cliffs of the Depôt Nunatak where peace and plenty awaited us.'
— from The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Charles Turley

been riven at different times

At Healey its walls of rock appear to have been riven at different times.
— from Lancashire: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon

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