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from each ear so that

The parson was a little, meagre, black-looking man, with a grizzled wig that was too wide and stood off from each ear; so that his head seemed to have shrunk away within it, like a dried filbert in its shell.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

first English edition seems to

The first English edition seems to have been made in 1641, but many Continental editions had preceded it.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

for every end Save the

[581] "Thus [582] all was re-established, and a pile Constructed, that sufficed for every end, Save the contentment of the builder's mind; 730 A mind by nature indisposed to aught So placid, so inactive, as content; A mind intolerant of lasting peace, And cherishing the pang her heart deplored.
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

foreign exchange especially since the

Grenada Grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange, especially since the construction of an international airport in 1985.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

from each ear so that

The parson was a little, meagre, black-looking man, with a grizzled wig that was too wide, and stood off from each ear; so that his head seemed to have shrunk away within it, like a dried filbert in its shell.
— from Old Christmas: from the Sketch Book of Washington Irving by Washington Irving

from each end so the

191 , a notch is cut in the logs twelve inches from each end, so the surfaces of the logs will be brought together when the ends are fitted over one another, as shown in the drawing.
— from The Boy Craftsman Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours by A. Neely (Albert Neely) Hall

first envoy ever sent to

The gentlemen composing the company, the servants on each flank with their numerous flambeaux, with many hundred lookers-on, preserving the utmost decorum, made no small show, and produced, upon the whole, rather an imposing effect, for this was the first envoy ever sent to the “magnificent king of Siam,” from the United States.
— from Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat In the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4 by Edmund Roberts

frightful existence ever since they

Have they not condemned me to the most frightful existence ever since they compelled me to quit Maillebois?
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

from everything else still this

All that we see or know, he says, perishes, and although life and thought differ from everything else, still this distinction does not afford [Pg 102] us any proof that it survives that period beyond which we have no experience of its existence.
— from The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald

forgetting everything else she turned

A deep sigh had broken on her ear, and, forgetting everything else, she turned her eyes on Hildebrand, and glanced inquiringly in his face.
— from Hildebrand; or, The Days of Queen Elizabeth, An Historic Romance, Vol. 2 of 3 by Anonymous

face expect except something too

"What can a man, who dares to look the situation in the face, expect, except something too horrible to utter?"
— from A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis

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