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distracted and tearing

But Clymene, after she had said whatever things were to be said amid misfortunes so great, traversed the whole earth, full of woe, and distracted, and tearing her bosom.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

designs against the

But of all persons who are most likely to entertain designs against the person of a tyrant, those are chiefly to be feared and guarded against who regard as nothing the loss of their own lives, so that they can but accomplish their purpose: be very careful therefore of those who either think themselves affronted, or those who are dear to them; for those who are excited by anger to revenge regard as nothing their own persons: for, as Heraclitus says, it is dangerous to fight with an angry man who will purchase with his life the thing he aims at.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

defend another to

I must either defend another to the last drop of my blood or condemn him past all repenting.
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller

disease and they

Alteratives are such as correct, strengthen nature, alter, any way hinder or resist the disease; and they be herbs, stones, minerals, &c.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

dreamily at the

The examining magistrate, a man of five and thirty, looked dreamily at the horses and said: “There is a great deal that is enigmatic and obscure in nature; and even in everyday life, doctor, one must often come upon phenomena which are absolutely incapable of explanation.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

duty are the

[27] Hobbes's statement is as follows: "For by art is created that great Leviathan called a Commonwealth , or State , in Latin Civitas , which is but an artificial man; though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defence it was intended; and in which the sovereignty is an artificial soul , as giving life and motion to the whole body; the magistrates , and other officers of judicature, artificial joints ; reward and punishment , by which fastened to the seat of the sovereignty every joint and member is moved to perform his duty, are the nerves , that do the same in the body natural."
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

degree and to

We should all agree that each of us is bound to show kindness to his parents and spouse and children, and to other kinsmen in a less degree: and to those who have rendered services to him, and any others whom he may have admitted to his intimacy and called friends: and to neighbours and to fellow-countrymen more than others: and perhaps we may say to those of our own race more than to black or yellow men, and generally to human beings in proportion to their affinity to ourselves.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Dodo accepted the

The good-natured way in which Dodo accepted the situation more than convinced the boys that these girls were “bricks” all right!
— from Polly's Business Venture by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

down at the

She looked down at the clumsy object that imprisoned her hand, then swiftly up into his eyes.
— from West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon

departed at two

We departed at two o'clock, after having lost some books, which we could not find in the darkness of the night, on the rock of Aricagua.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

died at the

De Lemud, a Frenchman who died at the age of seventy years, in 1887, first won success as a painter, and then studied engraving.
— from Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Walter Rowlands

dashed at the

The enemy’s horse, more than 12,000 strong, in great part clad in glittering armour, dashed at the guns and squares with unparalleled enthusiasm and vehement cries of Vive l’Empereur .
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing

discovery and therefore

However, they were unwilling to come back without making some discovery, and therefore still followed the track they were in; but the heat of the day increasing, and finding no water to quench their thirst, they were first obliged to halt, and then resolved to return; for, as they saw no signs of plantations or cultivated land, they had no reason to believe that there was any village or settlement near them:
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

dirty avenue to

He was much more clever, and a good deal more like a gentleman, but he had not a connection in the world, and had fought his way up to prosperity through many a narrow, and perhaps, if people spoke true, many a dirty avenue to fortune.
— from The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

day as they

“How do you like the books I see you reading?” said Euthymia to Lurida, one day, as they met at the Library.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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