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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Donald exhibited marks of
Her quiet eye discerned that Henchard's tigerish affection for the younger man, his constant liking to have Farfrae near him, now and then resulted in a tendency to domineer, which, however, was checked in a moment when Donald exhibited marks of real offence.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

darkens every moment of
“It darkens every moment of our lives.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

deadly engines made of
Moreover, they list not to learn naught, wherefore the Papal Nuncio (called of the commonalty, M. le Cure) threateneth them with excommunication, since that they neglect the sacred canons of grammatical construction for the construction of other canon, deadly engines made of the stems of elder.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

des Empereurs Manuscript of
"--Fac-simile of a Miniature in the "Histoire des Empereurs," Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century, in the Library of the Arsenal, Paris.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

days easy march or
they also informed us that from hence to the establishment where they trade on the Suskasawan river is only 6 days easy march or such as they usually travel with their women and childred which may be estimated at about 150 ms.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

drawn every month only
I took the book and read, Lottery consisting of ninety tickets, to be drawn every month, only one in eighteen to be a winning number.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

different existing members of
Nor is there the least reason to doubt that each step in this scale might have been as serviceable to certain ancient Cetaceans, with the functions of the parts slowly changing during the progress of development, as are the gradations in the beaks of the different existing members of the duck-family.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

discerning eye might observe
The finances were diligently administered by two princes, who had been so long accustomed to the rigid economy of a private fortune; but in the receipt and application of the revenue, a discerning eye might observe some difference between the government of the East and of the West.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

discover every method of
There are others who bring together all these various kinds of consolations, for people are differently affected; as I have done myself in my book on Consolation; for as my own mind was much disordered, I have attempted in that book to discover every method of cure.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

destroy every memorial of
David Deans saw his daughter's eyes swim in tears as they were directed towards this object, and pushed it aside, with a gesture of some impatience, as if desirous to destroy every memorial of earthly interest when about to address the Deity.
— from The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Walter Scott

during every moment of
there is intelligence, spirit, soul, acting to sustain it, during every moment of its operation.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

deference every man owes
[Pg 100] shows himself ignorant of that which it is most important he should know,—what fidelity of deference every man owes to every other man.
— from Society in America, Volume 1 (of 2) by Harriet Martineau

daughter Emilie mistress of
“I have made my daughter Emilie mistress of her own fate,” was the reply spoken by the Count in a deep voice.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

during every moment of
She had, notwithstanding, the patience to wait from a little past eleven till near two o'clock, expecting, during every moment of that time, that he would either come or send some excuse for not doing so; but finding he did neither, and that it was near the hour in which Mr. Goodman usually dined, she took her leave of the woman, and went home full of agitations.
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

dazed eyes made out
There was a flaring rush and then dazed eyes made out a tall man with a pair of blazing angry dark eyes, and a beard quivering with rage.
— from The Corner House by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

darts each man of
While it continued on its feet, the savages in succession came rushing up and throwing their darts, each man of them seeming anxious to have a hand in its slaughter.
— from The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa by William Henry Giles Kingston

did excite me out
No; what excited me—for it did excite me out of all reason—was her sense of pitch.
— from Anthony the Absolute by Samuel Merwin

dethrone every man of
Now that they are wrong and he in the right, he shall have all my prayers for success, and that he may dethrone every man of them.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson


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