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day after setting her pots on the

Everybody knows how necessary for coffee is good cream: in the country this is not hard to get; for the coffee-maker, early in the day, after setting her pots on the fire, visits the dairy, and with her own hands lightly skims the fresh flower of the milk into a separate little jug for each cup, that each of them may be dressed in its separate little cap.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

distant and seated himself panting on the

In the meanwhile, Gavroche, who had retraced his steps at full speed, halted five or six streets distant and seated himself, panting, on the stone post which forms the corner of the Enfants-Rouges.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Deed and so having put on the

But blessed for ever are they, that having truly had a Sense of their own Unworthiness and Sinfulness, and having seen all their own Endeavours and Performances fruitless and vain, and beheld their own Emptiness, and the Vanity of their vain Hopes, Faith and Confidence, while they remained inwardly struck, pursued, and condemned by God’s holy Witness in their Hearts , and so having applied themselves thereto, and suffered his Grace to work in them, are become changed and renewed in the Spirit of their Minds, passed from Death to Life , and know Jesus arisen in them, working both the Will and the Deed ; and so having put on the Lord Jesus Christ , in Effect are clothed with him, and partake of his Righteousness and Nature; such can draw near to the Lord with Boldness, and know their Acceptance in and by him; in whom , and in as many as are found in him, the Father is well pleased .
— from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers by Robert Barclay

different and somewhat higher plane of thought

What I say here," added the Athenian, "belongs to a different and somewhat higher plane of thought.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

defence and some high praise of the

THE END H2 anchor The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS U.S.A. THE CORNER OF HARLEY STREET Being some familiar correspondence of PETER HARDING, M.D. "A fair criticism, a complete defence, and some high praise of the doctoring trade.
— from Humanly Speaking by Samuel McChord Crothers

dauphin and she had previously obtained the

At Mercy's suggestion, the dauphin and she had previously obtained the king's permission to allow the violation of the rule which forbade any clapping of hands in the presence of royalty.
— from The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge

down and saying his prayers on the

I think it is Dr Johnson who says something to this effect: '——was mad, and showed it by kneeling down and saying his prayers on the street.
— from The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton

defended and supported her policies on the

I have been honored by my party time and again in the history of this commonwealth, and have defended and supported her policies on the stump, and in the halls of legislation, and I know a smooth man when I see him, and I honor him, and stick to him out of pure love for his intelligence and genius.
— from The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post

deceived and should have pointed out to

According to some chroniclers, Joan had demanded that “she should not be deceived, and should have pointed out to her him to whom she was to speak;” others affirm that she went straight to the king, whom she had never seen, “accosting him humbly and simply, like a poor little shepherdess,” says an eye-witness, and, according to another account, “making the usual bends and reverences as if she had been brought up at court.”
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by François Guizot

death and so have people of the

It is true that Catholics in England have been put to death, and so have people of the sect that call themselves Anabaptists; but this has been because they had been engaged in plots against the queen, and not because of their religion.
— from By England's Aid; Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Doug and Slim had picked off the

They swung westward along the range line to the place where Doug and Slim had picked off the tracks of the missing cattle.
— from Slim Evans and His Horse Lightning by Graham M. Dean

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