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for a time stood holding in their
Some of the women brought garlands of flowers, and placed them round the necks of four men, who for a time stood holding in their hands their sticks, of which the ends were stuck in the ground.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

father all that she heard in the
Gilda will think the whole of this matter over for four and twenty hours at the longest, after which, feeling herself in an impasse between her affection for you and her horror of me, she will think it her duty to tell your father all that she heard in the cathedral to-night."
— from The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

for Abram to show himself in the
But this was just the moment for Abram to show himself in the powerful activities of love.
— from The Lord's Coming. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. II by Charles Henry Mackintosh

forth as the Sun he is the
He shines forth as the Sun, he is the Blazing Divine Dragon of Wisdom; the Eka 111 is Chatur, and Chatur takes to itself Tri, and the Union produces the Sapta, in whom are the Seven, which become the Tridasha, 112 the Hosts and the Multitudes ( b ).
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

fiercely as though she hated it tossed
She crushed the letter suddenly in one of her hands, then raised it to her lips and kissed it; then fiercely, as though she hated it, tossed it into the fire.
— from A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade

Fritz anxious to screen him in the
The Mother, as mothers will, secretly favors Fritz; anxious to screen him in the day of high-wind.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Thomas Carlyle

foot against the starter heard its throbbing
Kenwick heard him clamber to the high seat, and heard him jam his foot against the starter, heard its throbbing response.
— from The Rest Hollow Mystery by Rebecca N. (Rebecca Newman) Porter

fruit as the seeds hidden in the
It will live in the long after years, and bear fruit, as the seeds hidden in the old Egyptian mummy-cases are bearing fruit to-day in English soil.
— from John the Baptist by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer

forgiven and the story has it that
Through an entire night, within her grotto, the good Rosalia prayed that the plague might be taken away and the people forgiven, and the story has it that her prayers were answered at once.
— from Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 6 (of 10) by John R. (John Robert) Effinger

forwardness and to school herself in the
All so new to her, accustomed to make an art of forwardness, and to school herself in the endurance of brutality.
— from The Unclassed by George Gissing


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