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from ever carrying his thoughts

It is either impatience at thinking out a lengthy work, or vexation at a threatened reform of a science in which he believed he had brought everything to perfection long ago, or, what I am unwilling to imagine, real narrowmindedness, that prevents him from ever carrying his thoughts beyond his school-metaphysics.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

first expedition causing him to

Little Thumb was as good as his word, and returned that very same night with the news; and, this first expedition causing him to be known, he got whatever he pleased, for the King paid him very well for carrying his orders to the army.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

further evil can happen to

Now tell me what further evil can happen to me? H2 anchor AFTER THE THEATRE N ADYA ZELENIN had just come back with her mamma from the theatre where she had seen a performance of “Yevgeny Onyegin.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

failing eyesight compelled him to

So long, however, as he remained under his old master's care, Owen's lack of sturdiness made it possible, by strict injunctions and sharp oversight, to restrain his creative eccentricity within bounds; but when his apprenticeship was served out, and he had taken the little shop which Peter Hovenden's failing eyesight compelled him to relinquish, then did people recognize how unfit a person was Owen Warland to lead old blind Father Time along his daily course.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

find em coming home to

He 'll find 'em coming home to him sooner than the cattle he has lost through his sloth and pride.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

for eighty centimes How to

The day before the one when he was, for the first time in his life, to throw a hook into a river, Monsieur Patissot bought, for eighty centimes, “How to Become a Perfect Fisherman.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

from every coast Hither this

A man, an outcast to the storm and wave, It was my crime to pity, and to save; When he who thunders rent his bark in twain, And sunk his brave companions in the main, Alone, abandon'd, in mid-ocean tossed, The sport of winds, and driven from every coast, Hither this man of miseries I led, Received the friendless, and the hungry fed; Nay promised (vainly promised) to bestow Immortal life, exempt from age and woe.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

for eight centuries had thus

The peculiar nature of the war in which the Spaniard for eight centuries had thus been engaged, exercised an important influence on the national character.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain, Vol. 3 And Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

for every Christian house to

"But what work is set out in the Bible for every Christian house to do?" "Mr. Southwode, I do not know.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

for every cubit high they

They measure from the nail of the fore foot to the top of the shoulder, and for every cubit high they give after the rate of 100 l. of our money.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

for example Congress has the

In the United States, for example, Congress has the power to levy a duty or tariff on foreign-made goods which are brought into this country for sale.
— from Problems in American Democracy by Thames Williamson

fishin exploits carries him to

CHAPTER FIVE Josiah’s imagination about his fishin’ exploits carries him to a pint where I have to rebuke him, which makes him dretful huffy 75 CHAPTER FIVE JOSIAH’S IMAGINATION ABOUT HIS FISHIN’ EXPLOITS CARRIES HIM TO A PINT WHERE I HAVE TO REBUKE HIM, WHICH MAKES HIM DRETFUL HUFFY
— from Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Marietta Holley

From E C has That

[vi_511] From E. C has That cum in Cumnok to seik the King (S), which leaves the first group of subjects without a predicate.
— from The Bruce by John Barbour

for each colour hence the

In chromolithography a separate stone is necessary for each colour, hence the cost depends upon the number of stones used, and as several may be necessary to obtain a first-rate reproduction, it is obvious that the process may prove very expensive.
— from The Essentials of Illustration A Practical Guide to the Reproduction of Drawings & Photographs for the Use of Scientists & Others by Thomas George Hill

Franklin ever caused him the

So far as we know, there is nothing in his utterances or writings to indicate that the birth of William Franklin ever caused him the slightest shame or embarrassment.
— from Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

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