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Nevertheless, their genealogical ARRANGEMENT remains strictly true, not only at the present time, but at each successive period of descent.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
The alcalde of the village came by chance into the inn together with a notary, and Don Quixote laid a petition before him, showing that it was requisite for his rights that Don Alvaro Tarfe, the gentleman there present, should make a declaration before him that he did not know Don Quixote of La Mancha, also there present, and that he was not the one that was in print in a history entitled "Second Part of Don Quixote of La Mancha, by one Avellaneda of Tordesillas."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Nevertheless their genealogical ARRANGEMENT remains strictly true, not only at the present time, but at each successive period of descent.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin
The ideas entertained by mankind respecting spiritual existences are singularly incorrect; notwithstanding this, however, most of the spirits, as when in the body, entertain some peculiarity of doctrine, which shows that even in the "spheres" opinions are divided on this point.
— from Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites Including an Account of the Origin and Nature of Belief in the Supernatural by John Netten Radcliffe
At the end of each species account the localities from which specimens were examined are listed alphabetically within each state, province, or department, which in turn are listed alphabetically within each country.
— from Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William Edward Duellman
Nevertheless their genealogical arrangement remains strictly true, not only at the present time, but at each successive period of descent.
— from On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Charles Darwin
ARTHUR E. Surgical pathology of diseases of mouth and Jaws.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1966 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
But even such people often differ in their interpretation of some phrases, by giving different attributive to one or other particular ideograph in a sentence, not only in its meaning but in its position as regards the part of speech.
— from A Fantasy of Far Japan; Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kencho Suematsu
For example, the ceiling may very desirably be divided into equal squares or rectangles by means of wooden or plaster mouldings, leaving the enclosed spaces plain or decorated.
— from Design and Tradition A short account of the principles and historic development of architecture and the applied arts by Amor Fenn
And even descending from that perfect inspiration to the more doubtful power of augury amongst the Pagans, (concerning which the most eminent of theologians have held very opposite theories,) one thing is certain, that, so long as we entertain such pretensions, or discuss them at all, we must take them with the principle of those who professed such arts, not with principles of our own arbitrary invention.
— from Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2 by Thomas De Quincey
Dat a cullud man gwine speak At de college hall; Say he try ter lif’ his race Ter a high en shinin’ place On dis ’restial ball.
— from Darkey Ways in Dixie by Margaret A. (Margaret Alice) Richard
This rather emphatic speech proceeded one day from the lips of Cairo Jake, an industrious washer of the golden sands of California; but it was evident to all intelligent observers that even language so strong as to seem almost figurative did not fully express Cairo Jake's conviction, for he shook his head so positively that his hat fell off into the stream, which found a level only an inch or two below Jacob's boottops, and he stamped his right foot so vigorously as to endanger his equilibrium.
— from Romance of California Life Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous by John Habberton
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