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been represented to

After the battles we had fought at Potonchan, Tabasco, and those against the Tlascallans, which had been represented to him by pictures, all further doubt had vanished from his mind.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Baton Rouge that

Your uncle Silas knowed a family in Baton Rouge that knowed his people very well.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

be really the

,’ whispered Kate, who had been looking anxiously over his shoulder, ‘can this be really the case?
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Bion relates that

For no one of his companions is said to have captured an Amazon; while Bion relates that he caught this one by treachery and carried her off; for the Amazons, he says, were not averse to men, and did not avoid Theseus when he touched at their coast, but even offered him presents.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

be ready to

You, on the other hand, may think that the risk of being in error is a very small matter when compared with the blessings of real knowledge, and be ready to be duped many times in your investigation rather than postpone indefinitely the chance of guessing true.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

both removed the

He has both removed the rust, and dispelled the obscurity, which enveloped the doctrines of many ancient naturalists; but, with all his care and industry, he has exploded fewer errors, and sanctioned a greater number of doubtful opinions, than was consistent with the exercise of unprejudiced and severe investigation.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

be right to

It would not be right to— MANDERS.
— from Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

blood rushed to

The blood rushed to his face in an overpowering glow, and then he felt the warm tide going back upon his heart, and realised the position in which he stood for the first time in its true light.
— from The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

been received that

This was known to our generals, for while positive information had been received that Jackson, with his large army, was making for our rear, the prisoners taken during the day were from Hill's command, and from them it was known that the troops of A. P. Hill, Longstreet and D. H. Hill, were confronting us on the right.
— from Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. (George Thomas) Stevens

bill reported to

The amendment was adopted—eighty to sixty-four—and the bill reported to the House.
— from Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John G. (John George) Nicolay

Benedetto returned to

But when the King died, as it has been said, Polito and Benedetto returned to Florence; where, no long time after, Polito followed Giuliano into eternity.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 03 (of 10) Filarete and Simone to Mantegna by Giorgio Vasari

be remembered that

It is further to be remembered that, as a general rule, the Egyptians are most extremely bad sailors.
— from The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Arthur E. P. Brome (Arthur Edward Pearse Brome) Weigall

by restraining the

Perceiving in it the total destruction of the country, he sought to appease it by restraining the excesses of those who were attached to the American cause.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

be required to

[Footnote 1: If Germany be required to compensate Belgium for the damage done, these effects will in large part disappear; though the burden would still remain.
— from The War and Democracy by John Dover Wilson

be recommended to

Many of these works, notwithstanding this defect, are very interesting to the student of Spaniel lore, and the perusal of Blaine's Rural Sports , Taplin's Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository , Scott's Sportsman's Repository , and Needham's Complete Sportsman , can be recommended to all who wish to study the history of the development of the various modern breeds.
— from Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton

but rather to

I do not purpose to go over the whole ground which has been so often contested, (to do which would be almost an impertinence in remarks addressed to your Lordship), but rather to confine my observations to the Scriptural p. 4 argument, or, perhaps I should say, to a portion of the Scriptural argument against the change proposed, viz.—to the due sense and application of the 18th verse of the xviii.
— from Marriage with a deceased wife's sister Leviticus XVIII. 18, considered in connection with the Law of the Levirate by Mayow Wynell Mayow

But remember that

But remember that you must study the moral qualities of these unfortunates: their hearts, the honorableness of their feelings; those are our guarantees.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

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