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for early nineteenth century literature

The style is well suited for early nineteenth century literature, especially poetry.
— from Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries by John Cotton Dana

from every new comer learn

He joined me and walked by my side, and said, "I see that you are come from the school of wisdom, and are made glad by what you heard there; and as I perceive that you are not a full inhabitant of this world, because you are at the same time in the natural world, and therefore know nothing of our Olympic gymnasia, where the ancient sophi meet together, and by the information they collect from every new comer, learn what changes and successions wisdom has undergone and is still undergoing in your world; if you are willing I will conduct you to the place where several of those ancient sophi and their sons, that is, their disciples, dwell."
— from The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love To Which is Added The Pleasures of Insanity Pertaining To Scortatory Love by Emanuel Swedenborg

forse e nato chi l

de la lingua; e forse e` nato chi l'uno e l'altro caccera` del nido.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

from early nineteenth century life

The greater part of the freedom of movement, the travel and going to and fro, the leisure, the plenty and carelessness, that distinguished early twentieth century life from early nineteenth century life, has disappeared.
— from What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

for example no connecting link

We have, for example, no connecting link between Eozoon and any form of vegetable life.
— from Life's Dawn on Earth Being the history of the oldest known fossil remains, and their relations to geological time and to the development of the animal kingdom by Dawson, John William, Sir

fundamental education needs comparatively little

Being thus, as we say, so well cared for by Nature, this fundamental education needs comparatively little care from us.
— from Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

Formées et non comme le

Newton considère le cerveau et les organes des sens, comme le moyen par lequel ces images sont Formées et non comme le moyen par lequel l'âme voit
— from The Philosophy of Natural Theology An Essay in confutation of the scepticism of the present day by William Jackson

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