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cannot dogmatically deny this

It MIGHT be too (we cannot dogmatically deny this) that such categories, unimaginable by us to-day, would have proved on the whole as serviceable for handling our experiences mentally as those which we actually use.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

creation did decree That

But heaven in thy creation did decree, That in thy face sweet love should ever dwell, Whate’er thy thoughts, or thy heart’s workings be, Thy looks should nothing thence, but sweetness tell.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

called drinking Duus they

This is called drinking “Duus”: they are then, “Duus Brodre,” (thou brothers) and ever afterwards use the pronoun “thou,” to each other, it being regarded as more familiar than “De,” (you).
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Chakasen Dhundera deserves to

The name of the faithful Rajput who preserved Udai Singh, Chakasen Dhundera, deserves to be recorded.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

confusion doubt due to

They are (i) perplexity, confusion, doubt, due to the fact that one is implicated in an incomplete situation whose full character is not yet determined; (ii) a conjectural anticipation—a tentative interpretation of the given elements, attributing to them a tendency to effect certain consequences; (iii) a careful survey (examination, inspection, exploration, analysis) of all attainable consideration which will define and clarify the problem in hand; (iv) a consequent elaboration of the tentative hypothesis to make it more precise and more consistent, because squaring with a wider range of facts; (v) taking one stand upon the projected hypothesis as a plan of action which is applied to the existing state of affairs: doing something overtly to bring about the anticipated result, and thereby testing the hypothesis.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

caused divers dikes to

And in the year 1512, Roger Archley, mayor, caused divers dikes to be cast, and made to drain the waters of the said Morefielde, with bridges arched over them, and the grounds about to be levelled, whereby the said field was made somewhat more commodious, but yet it stood full of noisome waters; whereupon, in the year 1527, Sir Thomas Semor, mayor, caused divers sluices to be made to convey the said waters over the Town ditch, into the course of Walbrooke, [381] and so into the Thames; and by these degrees was this fen or moor at length made main and hard ground, which before being overgrown with flags, sedges, and rushes, served to no use; since the which time also the further grounds beyond Finsbury court have been so overheightened with lay-stalls of dung, that now three windmills are thereon set; the ditches be filled up, and the bridges overwhelmed.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

creation did decree That

But heaven in thy creation did decree That in thy face sweet love should ever dwell; Whate'er thy thoughts, or thy heart's workings be, Thy looks should nothing thence, but sweetness tell.
— from Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare

church dignitaries debating these

But it was ever thus with the vulgar, said the courtiers and church dignitaries, debating these matters.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) by John Lothrop Motley

canoe dropped down the

The canoe dropped down the river to a lonely point on the northern shore, a place much frequented by wolves.
— from The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Frederic Homer Balch

cases destroyed during the

Houses were searched, and in some cases destroyed, during the hunt for insurgents.
— from The Jew by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

coming down determined to

For Longstreet, followed by fresh brigades at double-quick, is coming down determined to clinch the victory!!
— from Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer by G. Moxley (Gilbert Moxley) Sorrel

car disappear down the

Miss Stuart looked truly miserable when she saw their car disappear down the foot of the hill.
— from The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires; Or, The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail by Laura Dent Crane

could dig down to

"Think y' could dig down to water with y'r axe, Wayland?"
— from The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. Laut

certainly did desire to

She certainly did desire to look into him "with considerate eyes," and on one occasion put his abilities to the proof, by asking him rather abruptly, in the middle of a brilliant party at Talleyrand's, "whom he esteemed the greatest woman in the world, alive or dead?"—"Her, madam, that has borne the most children," answered Buonaparte, with much appearance of simplicity.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume II. by Walter Scott

cold Death doth thin

Soft on thy bosom in pure baby rest Clasped as a fair white rose in musky nest; But on thy other, like a thought of woe, Her brother, lean, cold Death doth thin recline, To thee as dear as she, thy maid divine, Whose frowsy hair his hectic breathings blow In poppied ringlets billowing all her marble brow.
— from Blooms of the Berry by Madison Julius Cawein

Colonel dropped down to

The Colonel dropped down to Carlisle Road.
— from One Woman: Being the Second Part of a Romance of Sussex by Alfred Ollivant

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