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for a short space after

This was his particular reason for remaining silent for a short space after his last draught, and rubbing his knees in a meditative manner.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

for a short space among

“We shall see each other again in the body, I trust, though, it may be, not for a long while; for the brethren and sisters at Leeds are desirous to have me for a short space among them, when I have a door opened me again to leave Snowfield.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

First and Second Samuel and

The Sunday schools of the Christian churches of the world are spending six months of this year studying the International Lessons which are appointed for the Books of the Judges, Ruth, First and Second Samuel and the Books of the Kings, and every year is devoted in part to the Old Testament.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

from a savage state and

It will be gathered that these people, whether dwelling in their pit or lake villages, showed so much capacity, industry, and social organisation, that even in the Neolithic Age they were far removed from a savage state, and a low condition of culture and civilisation.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

flame a sinner steals away

And such as he who with the bears avenged him Beheld Elijah's chariot at departing, What time the steeds to heaven erect uprose, For with his eye he could not follow it So as to see aught else than flame alone, Even as a little cloud ascending upward, Thus each along the gorge of the intrenchment Was moving; for not one reveals the theft, And every flame a sinner steals away.
— from Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri

from a stupendous sleep and

Ben Allen having been partially awakened from a stupendous sleep, and dragged out by the collar by Mr. Samuel Weller, Mr. Pickwick was enabled to alight.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

felt a sick swim at

I felt a sick swim at the drop of my victory and all the return of my battle, so that the wildness of my veritable leap only served as a great betrayal.
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

for a small sum allow

Buckhorse was a man who either possessed or professed insensibility to pain, and who would for a small sum allow anyone to strike him with the utmost force on the side of the face.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

for about six sections and

The ridge succeeding the first groove is continued for about six sections, and is considerably more prominent at its posterior
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

faintly audible sounds such as

(Mr. Sellers, referring again to his notes): Taking a slate in his hand Slade held it beneath the table leaf to his right, when almost immediately there was a succession of faintly audible sounds such as would have been made by writing on the slate under the table.
— from Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert by University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism

feel acutely such scenes as

"She is old enough," replied the queen, "to feel acutely such scenes as these."
— from The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge

foolishness and scorning still and

And yet persons had rather be in their foolishness and scorning still, and had rather embrace some filthy lust, than the holy, undefiled, and blessed Spirit of Christ, through the promise, though by it, as many as receive it, 'are sealed unto the day of redemption' (Eph 4:30), and although he that lives and dies without it, is none of Christ's (Rom 8:9).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

felt a slight spasm as

I felt a slight spasm, as it were, in the arm I held, and saw the girl's head turn over her shoulder for a second.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

fallen asleep she said and

She had fallen asleep, she said, and my knock had wakened her.
— from The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Robert Neilson Stephens

face as she spoke and

There was a smile on her face as she spoke, and Quincy smiled to show that he did not misunderstand her pleasantry.
— from Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks by Charles Felton Pidgin

first and second series and

In this first appeared his masterly essays on the great poets, Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Dryden, and the others, which were gathered into the three volumes, Among My Books , first and second series, and My Study Windows .
— from The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, Ph.D. by James Russell Lowell

for a suitable successor and

In 1742, therefore, she looked about for a suitable successor, and chose her nephew, Prince Peter of Holstein-Gottorp.
— from Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Vol 1-4, Complete by Lyndon Orr

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