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early poetry springs of

Andreas Angeln Angles, the Anglo-Norman Period; literature; ballads; lyrics; summary; selections for reading; bibliography; questions on; chronology Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon Period; early poetry; springs of poetry; language; Christian writers; source books; summary; selections for reading; bibliography; questions on; chronology Anglo-Saxons; the name; life; language; literature, see Anglo-Saxon Period.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Eusebius prudently slides over

Eusebius prudently slides over this delicate transaction.
— 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

enjoying prolonged slumbers on

La Fontaine seems to have confined his duties, as supervisor of woods and waters, to simply taking long rambles under the venerable trees of the forests submitted to his care, or to enjoying prolonged slumbers on the verdant banks of murmuring brooks.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

earth perhaps since old

Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and grandmothers; a long procession of Chancellors has come in and gone out; the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality; there are not three Jarndyces left upon the earth perhaps since old Tom Jarndyce in despair blew his brains out at a coffee-house in Chancery Lane; but Jarndyce and Jarndyce still drags its dreary length before the court, perennially hopeless.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

envious power should overthrow

"My good friend," said Socrates, "do not speak so boastfully, lest some envious power should overthrow the argument that is about to be urged.
— from Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato

each possessed some one

In other illustrious men, say he, you will observe, that each possessed some one shining quality, which was the foundation of his fame: In Epaminondas all the VIRTUES are found united; force of body.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

English professional soldier of

The English professional soldier of our youth had been conspicuous not only by his red coat but by his rarity.
— from Lord Kitchener by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

exquisite pain swept over

For a moment his belief was mine; and a mingled sensation of relief and exquisite pain swept over me as I thought of the possibility of Eleanore being exonerated from crime only to be plunged into fresh humiliation and deeper abysses of suffering.
— from The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green

edifice properly swept out

They mentioned the matter to Doctor Bronson, who replied that it probably arose from the fact that the business of everybody was the business of nobody, and that the priests in charge of the temple were not inclined to work very hard in such commonplace affairs as keeping the edifice properly swept out.
— from Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China by Thomas Wallace Knox

Eleven people spoke of

When he was captain of the Oxford Eleven, people spoke of his beauty more than his cricket, although the latter was quite sufficiently striking in itself.
— from Winding Paths by Gertrude Page

eminent police superintendent of

First Verifications Already slander and imagination between them had concocted the wildest stories, when Monsieur Agram, the eminent police superintendent of the Clignancourt Quarter, appeared at the entrance to the Close.
— from Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre

each party shall order

In regard to such prisoners, who shall have sided with one or the other party, or who shall choose to settle in the dominions of either of the two powers, they shall have full liberty so to do without restriction: and this liberty shall likewise extend to all those who have been compelled to serve either party during the war, who may in like manner remain where they are, or return home; except such who have voluntarily embraced the Greek religion, in compliance to his czarish majesty; for which purpose each party shall order that the edicts be published and made known in their respective dominions.
— from The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia by Voltaire

essentially pessimistic spirit of

I cannot refrain from recommending the thoughtful reader a popular, but at the same time, profound treatise on this subject by Claudius 5 which exhibits the essentially pessimistic spirit of Christianity.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

entire postal system of

The power possessed by Congress embraces the regulation of 54 the entire postal system of the country.
— from The postal power of Congress: A study in constitutional expansion by Lindsay Rogers

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