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by referring each study to

The following quotation does not use the word value, but it contains the notion of a curriculum constructed on the idea that there are a number of separate ends to be reached, and that various studies may be evaluated by referring each study to its respective end.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

be rather extraordinary since these

We do not yet know exactly what these demands are, but to judge by the public papers they appear to be rather extraordinary since these Jews aspire to live in France under a special régime, to have laws peculiar to themselves, and to constitute a class of citizens separated from all the others.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

but really entirely subject to

And how the old quarrels were renewed, until an armed interference of Rome was brought upon them; and how the victory of lviii Mummius at Corinth ( B.C. 146), and the consequent settlement of the commissioners, finally dissolved the league into separate cantons, nominally autonomous, but really entirely subject to Rome.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

baby represented everything sacred to

The baby represented everything sacred to his father's heart: the promises of God, the covenants, the hopes of the years and the long messianic dream.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

bon raillard en son temps

The Rabelaisian history begins: " Grandgousier estoit bon raillard en son temps, aimant à boire net ," and ends with the Oracle of the Holy Bottle, with the word " Trinch ...
— from Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin With Two Uncollected Poems by Arthur Machen by Vincent Starrett

before regularly every second Tuesday

Until then we shall continue to pay as before, regularly every second Tuesday, up to the preceding Saturday night.
— from 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago by James C. Beeks

be realized even should the

In the case of seizure by a military power, can it ever be expected, from the universal pecuniary deficiencies of the soldiers, that damages will be realized, even should the civil arm be competent to enforce an execution?
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

Bude Robin eagerly scanned the

" "Did Mr. Parrish say anything else, Bude?" Robin eagerly scanned the butler's fat, unimpressive countenance.
— from The Yellow Streak by Valentine Williams

been rented ever since the

Celia was here recently looking after the little house that has been rented ever since the death of her mother.
— from That Fortune by Charles Dudley Warner

been regular ever since the

You know I was, Robert, till I came here, and didn’t quite know what I was about; and I have been regular ever since the end of the holidays, and I really can teach.”
— from Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

BEACH REX E Sawdust trail

Jean Bazin (A); 29Nov60; R266776. BEACH, REX E. Sawdust trail.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1960 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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