"fel" hidden in books

for equal labor

Should equal compensation for equal labor, between women and men, universally prevail?
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

full extent letter

On a word failing to make sense, the writer down will say, "no," when the reader will at once stop the sending station by raising both arms horizontally to their full extent (letter R).
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

For ever left

For ever left alone am I, Then wherefore should I fear to die?
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by William Wordsworth

fâche et lâche

Des murmures et des coups de sifflet s'élèvent, et l'acteur, peu habitué à ce genre de traitement, se fâche et lâche tout haut le mot: Imbéciles!
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

for education learning

Say so much for the shape of my head, so much for a high forehead, so much for arms, and hands, and legs, and then so much for education, learning, talent, honesty, religion!
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Forsters ever let

Why did the Forsters ever let her go out of their sight?
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

feeling exclaimed Long

There were many who, with a more generous feeling, exclaimed, “Long live King Richard!
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

From Eusebius l

From Eusebius, (l. ix.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

from English Literature

Among them are "Henry Esmond," "Bacon's Essays" and extracts from "English Literature."
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

for ever linked

“After all, I am not indissolubly bound to Perdita—nor has she for ever linked her destiny with mine.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

for English literature

“Sylvia Courtney,” said Priscilla, “who won the prize for English literature at school calls them ‘hols.’
— from Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham

fellows evidently liking

In their habit of associating together in communities, they put us in mind of the industrious beaver; but they are idle little fellows, evidently liking play better than work.
— from The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

from escaping Listen

M. Dubois assumed a paternal air, and, seizing a button of his companion's coat, without doubt, to prevent him from escaping— "Listen to me with attention," said he; "the few days that I have had the advantage of passing in your company enabled me to study your character, and to appreciate it at its just value; you are an intelligent, wise, and modest young man; you please me."
— from The Guide of the Desert by Gustave Aimard

for English lifted

In fact, Warner's knickers and Norfolk excited the only attention, and every now and then some man passing, and taking him for English, lifted his hat in cordial salutation to a comrade of an allied nation.
— from The Girl Philippa by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

for ever like

But M. Joyeuse was a coward, timid from his birth; twenty years of housekeeping with a masterful wife, “a member of the nobility,” having made him a slave for ever, like those convicts who, after their imprisonment is over, have to undergo a period of surveillance.
— from The Nabob by Alphonse Daudet

farewells ere long

And many at last were the kind—some the sad farewells, ere long whispered by us at gloaming among the glens.
— from Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 1 by John Wilson

for economic loosening

Growth in 2001 should continue at the same level as the government balances the need for economic loosening against its concern for firm political control.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

for every law

In executive cases, where promptitude and decision are all important, an adherence to the letter of a law against its probable intentions, (for every law must intend that itself shall be executed,) would be fraught with incalculable danger.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

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