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can I do enough for

Let it be your constant wish, and desire, and prayer—how can I do enough for this Saviour who has done so much, so very much for me?
— from The Little Child's Book of Divinity or Grandmamma's Stories about Bible Doctrines by John R. (John Ross) Macduff

came in dreary echo from

" "Yes," came in dreary echo from the man none of us had understood till now; "so great a crime could not be hid.
— from The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair by Anna Katharine Green

can I do either for

Alice wishes it—and what can I do, either for her or for the child?
— from The Case of Richard Meynell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

College in Durham expressly for

A College in Durham, expressly for the benefit of the North of England, with a Provostship, four Professorships, and tutorships and fellowships to match, was one of the creations of the Protectorate.
— from The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Narrated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of His Time by David Masson

contrary is difficult even for

Intermittence is easily arranged on any scale of working, and continuous filtration, on the contrary, is difficult even for a few thousand gallons a day.
— from Natural & Artificial Sewage Treatment by Alfred Stowell Jones

character is derived exclusively from

If, however, we suppose that every character is derived exclusively from the father or mother, but that many characters lie latent or dormant in both parents during a long succession of generations, the foregoing facts are intelligible.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

circumstances it differs essentially First

In three circumstances it differs essentially: First, provinces are not foreigners; colonies are not enemies.
— from The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Thomas De Quincey

country is dry enough for

This character of a river has in the settled parts of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, the best sheep country on its banks; but here, where all the country is dry enough for sheep, this will not be a qualification.
— from Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by William Landsborough

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