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canvas large enough for this

Finding that the area of a single county did not afford a canvas large enough for this purpose, and that there were objections to an invented name, I disinterred the old one.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

cubits long extending from the

The males dress like the low-country people, with cloths about four cubits long extending from the hip to the knee.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

call loudly enough for their

Alas, we have known Times call loudly enough for their great man; but not find him when they called!
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

constantly laid every fault the

For this place likewise the sweetness of his voice disqualified him; the dogs preferring the melody of his chiding to all the alluring notes of the huntsman, who soon became so incensed at it, that he desired Sir Thomas to provide otherwise for him, and constantly laid every fault the dogs were at to the account of the poor boy, who was now transplanted to the stable.
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding

custom law education from the

290-311, describes opinion, custom, law, education from the point of view of "Idea-Forces.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

could learn either from the

Thus much of the Ecclesiastical History of Britain, and more especially of the English nation, as far as I could learn either from the writings of the ancients, or the tradition of our forefathers, or of my own knowledge, with the help of the Lord, I, Bede, 1041 the servant of Christ, and priest of the monastery of the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, which is at Wearmouth and Jarrow, 1042 have set forth.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

century large enough for the

It had an almost spherical crown-piece, and came right down to the cuirass, to which it was firmly fixed, and was, like all large helms of the fifteenth century, large enough for the wearer to move his head about freely inside.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

continue long enough for that

God grant that I may not thus impair my talents; but I hope it will not continue long enough for that.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

clean linen etc for the

The Smeaton came from Arbroath this afternoon, and made fast to her moorings, having brought letters and newspapers, with parcels of clean linen, etc., for the workmen, who were also made happy by the arrival of three of their comrades from the workyard ashore.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 16 by Robert Louis Stevenson

Chicago long enough for that

I have been in Chicago long enough for that.'
— from Against Odds: A Detective Story by Lawrence L. Lynch

cared little enough for this

The Guises were then enabled to judge very shrewdly of Catherine's policy; they saw that the Queen cared little enough for this assembly, and only wanted to temporize with her allies till Charles IX. should be of age; indeed, they deceived Montmorency by making him believe in a collusion between Catherine and the Bourbons, while Catherine was taking them all in.
— from The Works of Honoré de Balzac: About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita, and Other Stories by Honoré de Balzac

canvas large enough for the

Finding that the area of a single county did not afford a canvas large enough for the purpose, and that there were objections to an invented name, I disinterred the old one.
— from The Heart of Wessex by Sidney Heath

contained long extracts from the

It contained long extracts from the "Romance of Alexander," which was the delight of the grown-up children of the Middle Ages.
— from The Cathedral by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

constructed large enough for two

A garden where a bower could be constructed large enough for two who could eat their strawberries there, in season, or drink a glass of wine there, on a Sunday afternoon.
— from Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mary E. Mann

crown land especially from the

He pointed out first of all the necessity of an immediate peace, and then discussed the question of establishing a Ukrainian crown land, especially from the parliamentary point of view.
— from In the World War by Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria, Graf

centre line extends from the

[12] of the disk; a centre line extends from the base to the apex.
— from Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance

cause less evaporation from their

To counteract this the only way in which the File: cc167.png Page 143 level of the lakes could be raised would be because the lower temperature would cause less evaporation from their surfaces.
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

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