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cheerfull but even gay fond
yet notwithstanding their extreem poverty they are not only cheerfull but even gay, fond of gaudy dress and amusements; like most other Indians they are great egotists and frequently boast of heroic acts which they never performed.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

constitute beget engender generate fashion
SYN: Form, produce, make, compose, constitute, beget, engender, generate, fashion, originate, educe, invent, imagine, cause.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

came By Eustace governed fair
Some half-hour’s march behind, there came, By Eustace governed fair, A troop escorting Hilda’s dame, With all her nuns and Clare.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

COLLECTED BY ERNEST GILES F
LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED BY ERNEST GILES, F.R.G.S., DURING HIS FIRST AND SECOND EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS, 1872-1874.
— from Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876 by Ernest Giles

Catholic brethren exercising greet faith
Dear sir, you have a great deal to say about our Catholic brethren exercising greet faith.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various

cold blue eyes gleamed for
The cold blue eyes gleamed for a moment.
— from The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

can be easily gathered from
To all this we would answer the course to be pursued is plain and can be easily gathered from these pages, which, like other productions of the kind, most probably will be thrown aside as soon as read or disbelieved because the facts recorded do not coincide with preconceived notions of Indian character.
— from Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri Edited with Notes and Biographical Sketch by Edwin Thompson Denig

could be either good friend
Yet 'twas said now that they inclined toward us, perhaps because Vigo is in Galicia and, therefore, they had had a taste of how we could be either good friend or fateful foe.
— from Across the Salt Seas: A Romance of the War of Succession by John Bloundelle-Burton

case by exchanging goods for
The essential difference is, that the owner of Z in one case, by exchanging goods for A, did not forego his consuming power; in the other case, by giving Z to the unemployed crew, he actually went through the process of saving by foregoing his personal consumption, and handing it over to the crew.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

can blame Emily Gaunt for
And who can blame Emily Gaunt for that high-pitched rasping cry?
— from The House by the River by A. P. (Alan Patrick) Herbert

cannot be eternally grieved for
They cannot be eternally grieved for.
— from On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes by Mildred Aldrich

celebrated but eccentric George Falkner
On the right of the altar see the very curious monument of the Boyle family, rising nearly to the ceiling; on the opposite side, the tomb of Lord Ranelagh; a tablet to the memory of Dean Swift, and near it one for Stella; another to Sir H. Wallop; and a bust of the celebrated but eccentric George Falkner.
— from The Scientific Tourist through Ireland in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of antiquity, art, science & the picturesque by Thomas Walford


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