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eldest born in the direct and

In Scotland Mary, Ellen, and Blanche would be termed "heirs portioners," and Mary, being an heiress and the eldest born in the direct and senior line, would be termed the "heir of line."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

eating but in the display and

I cannot enter here into the many details of what could be called the social psychology of eating, but it is important to note that the centre of gravity of the feast lies, not in the eating, but in the display and ceremonial preparation of the food (see Plate XXXV ).
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

expected back in two days and

For example, the maid, Fanny, who happened to be then absent from Limmeridge, was expected back in two days, and there would be a chance of gaining her recognition to start with, seeing that she had been in much more constant communication with her mistress, and had been much more heartily attached to her than the other servants.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

everybody believed in those days and

Indeed the spirits of the rebels were everywhere, and no matter who cut out paper troops they could change them into real soldiers.' "'But, Yin-ma, you do not believe those superstitions, do you?' "'These are not superstitions, doctor, these are facts, which everybody believed in those days, and it was not safe for a woman to be seen with scissors and paper, lest her neighbours report that she was cutting out troops for the rebels.
— from Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People by Isaac Taylor Headland

envelope back into the drawer and

“Five hundred thousand in gold.” 189 “In gold.” Orme slipped the envelope back into the drawer and put his eye to the hole in the cover.
— from The Girl and the Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Bannister Merwin

eager biographers into their diverging and

His brothers and sisters have been followed, by eager biographers, into their diverging and deepening paths of obscurity—paths in which we do not choose to attend them.
— from The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden

earth below it then descends and

(These remain for hours high up in the air motionless on expanded wings, until one espies something to eat on the earth below; it then descends, and its companions, observing this, follow suit.)
— from Indian Birds: Being a Key to the Common Birds of the Plains of India by Douglas Dewar

every body in these days a

In fact, to almost every body in these days, a coaching tour like that through the Yellowstone, is a decided novelty.
— from The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive by Hiram Martin Chittenden

experience but in those days and

I don't know whether this is at all a common experience, but in those days (and farther back in my early boyhood)
— from The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

excellence both in the Dutch and

Enlightened connoisseurs see excellence both in the Dutch and Italian schools, but they are often embarrassed in arranging them together.
— from The Country House (with Designs) by Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir

exist both in the depths and

Evils, sins, and sorrows, must always, we fear, exist, both in the depths and on the surface of the great community: we look for no period in future time, when those antagonist passions and rivalries shall be extinct—which place man into resisting contact to man, when riches, and fame, and power, shall not be sought for with avidity and strife, and create the throng of passions which spring from their desire and their abuse: we look for no period when the strong universally will use their strength in righteousness and mercy, when the poor and the weak shall cease to be victims, and have full justice done to them: we dare scarcely hope for a period when the massive throne of tyranny, whether political or sacerdotal, should be swept away upon the flood of emancipated progression; and, with equal fear, we think of the tyrannies of caste and creed, not less dark or obstinate; and although not entirely in despair, we look forward with timid anticipation to a time when the war of opinion shall be changed for Christian peace, and the fierce cry of bigotry give place to the hymn with which the angels sung our Saviour’s birth.
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom

earth broke into the desert across

Raj could pursue them to the end of the earth, broke into the desert, across which they must be hurrying now toward the great mountain chain of Burkhan Buddha, on the southern limits of Mongolia.
— from The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler

earrings brought in the dishes and

The foreman’s wife kept looking in at the door, whilst the frightened maid with the earrings brought in the dishes; and the foreman smiled more and more joyfully, priding himself on his wife’s culinary skill.
— from Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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