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"—Country Life in Piedmont, p. 134.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh
To how many, in Christian lands, is personal prowess a primary recommendation, in a candidate for marriage.
— from The Young Maiden by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
Let him but do himself justice, and he must take his place inter lumina Anglorum .” Of “Life in London,” and “Life in Paris,” which followed it, Thackeray, writing seventeen years after Wilson, utters the opinion which is likely to be the final one on the literary and artistic merits of these works:—“A curious book, called ‘Life in Paris,’ published in 1822, contains a number of the artist’s plates in the aquatint style; and though we believe he had never been in that capital, the designs have a great deal of life in them, and pass muster very well.
— from The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs, Vol. 1. (of 2) by Blanchard Jerrold
Cephalalgia , L. In pathology , pain in the head.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson
His successor continued the development of Zen establishments, supported by new Chinese masters who also began teaching Chinese culture (calligraphy, literature, ink painting, philosophy) to the Kamakura warriors along with their Zen.
— from The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
them, and yet can live in perfect peace under the shield of dividogenesure without responsibility and without the slightest remorse of conscience.
— from The Impending Crisis Conditions Resulting from the Concentration of Wealth in the United States by Basil A. Bouroff
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