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everything considered appeared the

Before she went to bed she had pondered, analyzed, turned on all sides, examined on all points, the words, the steps, the gestures, the signs, and even the silence of her interlocutors; and of this profound, skillful, and anxious study the result was that Felton, everything considered, appeared the more vulnerable of her two persecutors.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Eurymedon Callimachus and Thrasippus

My executors shall be Sosthenes, Speusippus, Demetrius, Hegias, Eurymedon, Callimachus, and Thrasippus.”
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Egyptian customs and the

To this he was probably led by the fixedness of Egyptian customs and the general observation that there were other civilisations in the world more ancient than that of Hellas.
— from Timaeus by Plato

ever crafty and they

The gods were ever crafty, and they had unguessed ways of attaining their ends.
— from White Fang by Jack London

ever courteous and thought

The cordial thanks of the Hosannah office are due, from editor down to devil, to the ever courteous and thought- ful Lord High Stew d of the Palace’s Third Assistant V t for several sau- ceTs of ice crEam a quality calculated to make the ey of the recipients hu- mid with grt ude; and it done it.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

easily caught and taken

Our elephant was easily caught, and taken into the royal stables, and was soon tamed.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

early Christians and to

We are too much inclined to impute an abstract and ideal Christianity to the polyglot souls of early Christians, and to ignore that mysterious and miraculous side of later paganism from which Christian cultus and ritual are chiefly derived.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

empty coop and there

They went into the empty coop and there they found nothing but a bowl of water and a small basket filled with chick-peas.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Export Council and the

Information providers are the Swedish Export Council, the Norwegian Export Council, and the Suomen Ulkomaankauppaliitto in Finland.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

ever come atween thee

There's naught ever come atween thee and me, and if I can help, naught ever shall.’
— from Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Marshall Mather

European concern and that

A declaration was published by the two Sovereigns, stating that they considered the position of the King of France to be matter of European concern, and that, in the event of all the other great Powers consenting to a joint action, they were prepared to supply an armed force to operate on the French frontier.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe

El Capitan and tumbled

Job stayed behind as the stage rattled down the side of the mountain, tethered Bess by a big cedar, lay in a grassy nook and looked down, down, where the Merced abutted the base of El Capitan and tumbled down the narrow cañon that leads from the valley far below to the plains.
— from The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras by Frederick Vining Fisher

ere change and time

Earth fair as heaven, ere change and time set odds Between them, light and darkness know not when, And fear, grown strong through panic periods, Crouched, a crowned worm, in faith’s Lernean fen, And love lay bound, and hope was scourged with rods, And death cried out from desert and from den, Seeing all the heaven above him dark with gods
— from A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne

even charged against the

There was no political offense even charged against the Saints; only that if permitted to exercise the franchise they would in time obtain control of the counties where they resided, so rapidly were they increasing in numbers; and the old settlers would lose the offices; and as these old settlers were dear lovers of office, it was political jealousy born of fear which prompted in part the acts of aggression against the Saints.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

exhaustive character and the

The treatment should, of course, be of a severe and exhaustive character, and the fluids should be allowed to stand cold in the vessels for twenty-four hours; then the effect of a gentle heat should be studied, and, lastly, that of boiling temperatures.
— from Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts by Alexander Wynter Blyth

entirely changed and the

In the intervening time the form and fashion of scientific lectures has entirely changed, and the change is a testimony to the progress of science.
— from Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray

every citizen and to

Then another moves that we give notice to every citizen, and to every person who may desire to become a citizen, that in the pursuit of guaranteed happiness, each shall have guaranteed liberty to look over our broad domain, select the biggest thing he dare undertake and, if he makes it win, it shall belong to him.
— from Vanishing Landmarks: The Trend Toward Bolshevism by Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier) Shaw

easily conceive after their

Q. Why do women easily conceive after their menses?
— from The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

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