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exceedingly dark most of

The night was exceedingly dark: most of the boats missed the mole and went on shore through a raging surf, which stove all to the left of it.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

every disgraceful moment of

The Romans were terrified by the impending dangers of a feeble and divided administration, and every disgraceful moment of the unfortunate reigns of Arcadius and Honorius revived the memory of their irreparable loss.
— 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

eyes deceive me or

Do my eyes deceive me, or is there at the present moment something moving upon that hillside?”
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

express dogmatically my own

I will therefore only express dogmatically my own belief, which is this,—that the Benthams, the Mills, and the Barns have done a lasting service in taking so many of our human ideals and showing how they must have arisen from the association with acts of simple bodily pleasures and reliefs from pain.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

easy days march or

they also informed that a french Trader was with one of those bands, that they traded with the white people on the Suskashwen River at 6 easy days march or about 150 miles distant from whome they precured Guns Powder Lead blankets &c. in exchange for wolf and beaver Skins.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

eyes deceived me or

My eyes deceived me, or either debauchery had stupefied his mind, or all his first splendor was the effect of his youth, which was past.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

executioner distinguished men of

We see it, in moments of error and of blindness, both condemning eminent statesmen and leading citizens, such as Jacques Coeur and Robertet, and handing over to the executioner distinguished men of learning and science in advance of the times in which they lived, because they were falsely accused of witchcraft, and also doing the same towards unfortunate maniacs who fancied they had dealings with the devil.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

everything depends more on

This is to be accounted for by the fact that the larger and more developed the brain, and the thinner, in relation to it, the spine and nerves, the greater not only is the intelligence, but also at the same time the mobility and pliancy of all the limbs; because they are controlled more immediately and decisively by the brain; consequently everything depends more on a single thread, every movement of which precisely expresses its purpose.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

eight domestic missions of

—There are one hundred and eight domestic missions of this kind, which embrace twenty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight church members.
— from The Book of Religions Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical Sketches by John Hayward

else decide matters of

Don't let me or any one else decide matters of conscience for you.
— from Lydia of the Pines by Honoré Morrow

ever denser masses of

It is true that her whole attention was given to the management of the equipage, which presented a good deal of difficulty in view of the ever denser masses of sight-seers crowding to be present at the triumphal entrance of the Pharaoh.
— from The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 by Théophile Gautier

ever depends much on

As to when this may be, we can judge by the past and the present; as to when it will be, if ever, depends much on whether we maintain the Union.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

exactly describes many of

It exactly describes many of the Jews of Syria and Palestine.
— from The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

every dear member of

I prayed for every dear member of the home-circle, and for my beloved husband, myself and my precious charge.
— from Cora and The Doctor; or, Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Madeline Leslie

every disorderly motion of

On the top of the inner wall is placed a guard at the distance of every twenty feet, which frustrates every attempt to escape and instantly quells every disorderly motion of the prisoners.
— from Non-Criminal Prisons English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War; French War Prisons; American War Prisons with References to Those of Other Lands by Arthur Griffiths

every day more of

My father is becoming every day more of an invalid, and in his present state I really have no right to live for any one but him.
— from A Woodland Queen ('Reine des Bois') — Volume 3 by André Theuriet

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