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decency require of us
I believe no one, who has any practice of the world, and can penetrate into the inward sentiments of men, will assert, that the humility, which good-breeding and decency require of us, goes beyond the outside, or that a thorough sincerity in this particular is esteemed a real part of our duty.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

describes removal of urethral
[Pg 65] Aetius (III. v) also describes removal of urethral calculus in this way.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

deftly rolled over upon
No more can the importunate reality be hidden by pleasant wit, and today's evil be deftly rolled over upon tomorrow.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

deeper reach of understanding
Seeing especially, and which is most of all, she is, in the estimation of those that are acquainted with her, held to know more, and to be of a deeper reach of understanding, than is either customary to the country wherein she liveth or to the sex whereof she is.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

different real objects under
Just as the witticism brings two very different real objects under one concept, the pun brings two different concepts, by the assistance of accident, under one word.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

decreed Requires our utmost
Then thus the lofty prince: “Hear and obey, Ye Trojan bands, without the least delay Jove is with us; and what I have decreed Requires our utmost vigour, and our speed.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

dozen Romans of us
Some dozen Romans of us, and your lord-
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

dead reviving only under
For several days he was as good as dead, reviving only under the careful nursing of his family.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

dingy rows of ugly
Extra!" XXIX 'Twixt Night and Morning XXX The Game Is at an End XXXI "The Son of Stefan Loristan" THE LOST PRINCE I THE NEW LODGERS AT NO. 7 PHILIBERT PLACE There are many dreary and dingy rows of ugly houses in certain parts of London, but there certainly could not be any row more ugly or dingier than Philibert Place.
— from The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Democratic Rally or US
[Ibrahim N'DIAYE]; National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL]; Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

drilled ranks of United
By degrees the Peep o' Day Boys became known as Orangemen, whose defiant loyalty sometimes caused concern to Camden and Pitt; while the Defenders [Pg 345] joined the better drilled ranks of United Ireland, which therefore became a preponderatingly Catholic body.
— from William Pitt and the Great War by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

dreary round of uninteresting
All about us are men and women who have become unhappy in regard to their attitude toward the social order itself; toward the dreary round of uninteresting work, the pleasures narrowed down to those of appetite, the declining consciousness of brain power, and the lack of mental food which characterizes the lot of the large proportion of their fellow-citizens.
— from Democracy and Social Ethics by Jane Addams

Democratic Rally or US
[Almamy SYLLA, chairman]; Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Bonbasor KEITA, chairman]; Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE, secretary general]; Union of Democratic Forces for Progress or UFDP [Youssouf TOURE, secretary general]; Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY] Political pressure groups and leaders: Patriotic Movement of the Ghanda Koye or MPGK; United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or MFUA International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIPONUH, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission:
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

deeper recesses of ultra
First would come the advance guard of smaller bergs, with here and there a house-like mass of cobalt blue with streaks of white and deeper recesses of ultra-marine; here we passed an eight-sided, solid figure of bottle-green ice; there towered an antlered formation like the horns of a stag.
— from Alaska Days with John Muir by Samuel Hall Young

Democratic Renewal or URD
SOPI Coalition [Abdoulaye WADE] (a coalition led by the PDS); Union for Democratic Renewal or URD [Djibo Leyti KA]
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

daily reading of unsavory
The saturation of mind with disease and crime produced by daily reading of unsavory and sensational newspaper accounts is sure to produce evil effects.
— from Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh


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