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The corruption of the head extended naturally to all other members of the Church.
— from Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Annie Besant
Yes, a crowd of fugitives are coming over the hill even now.
— from The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon by Thomas Hardy
It has neither allowed itself to be discouraged by the collapse of the Hegelian edifice, nor to be led astray by the clamor of the apostles of empiricism, nor to be intimidated by the papal proclamation of the infallibility of Thomas Aquinas.[1]
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
When Darius, therefore, heard of the conflagration, he immediately determined on making war upon Greece; and that he might never forget the resolution, he appointed an officer to the duty of crying out to him every night at supper,—“Sir, remember the Athenians.”
— from Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 2 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition by Charles Bucke
Plantations of the first class ought to have eighty negroes at least, and an increased number of animals, owing to their capability of employing more hands.
— from Travels in Brazil by Henry Koster
The Italians have one term of praise peculiarly characteristic of their highly endowed nature.
— from At Home And Abroad; Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Margaret Fuller
He pardons some tears in a mother, occasioned by the involuntary sensibility of nature; but calls her excess in them a scandal to religion, abounding with sacrilege and infidelity: adding, that Blesilla herself mourned, as far as her happy state would allow, to see her offend Christ, and cried out to her; "Envy not my glory: commit not what may forever separate us.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler
Professor Larue in the gratitude of his heart wished to discover him and reward him generously, but his persistent inquiries through the personal column of the Herald elicited no reply.
— from Jaquelina by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.
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