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from foreign troubles

By this hardihood they raised up against the king the most virulent blasts of civil war, and entangled him in domestic perils when he was free from foreign troubles.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

far from the

Indeed, I do not think I am very far from the truth, for all my assumptions are based on postulates, which rest, almost without exception, on experience, that cannot be controverted by those who have shown, as we have, that the human body, as we feel it, exists (Coroll.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

For further treatment

For further treatment of such sentences, see pp. 187 , 190 , 215–216 .
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

fundamental form the

Even the simplest and fundamental form, the Agnishṭoma (“praise of Agni”) required the ministrations of sixteen priests.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

far from the

But they were not talking of the moon, but of a large, old stone that lay below in the courtyard not very far from the kitchen door.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

fundamental forces that

From such an indirectly given object, materialism seeks to explain what is immediately given, the idea (in which alone the object that materialism starts with exists), and finally even the will from which all those fundamental forces, that manifest themselves, under the guidance of causes, and therefore according to law, are in truth to be explained.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

flat from the

"As we neared the city's southern extremity a sound came to us from across the mossy flat, from the direction of the only pass through the hills which led to the gates, the pass by which caravans from either north or south or east or west would enter the city.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

freed from the

But the souls in purgatory being freed from the guilt of sin, there is no other impediment between God and them but this pain which prevents the complete satisfaction of their instinct for happiness; and they see in the clearest manner that the least impediment delays this satisfaction by a necessity of justice:
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

face felt that

Tom, watching the owner’s face, felt that that gentleman had first looked somewhat alarmed, then much more annoyed.
— from The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket; or, The Mystery of the Dunstan Heir by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

flee from Thy

Was it not written of old: “Whither shall I go from Thy presence, or whither shall I flee from Thy spirit?”
— from Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley

fly from the

"Now then, Pip, wait a bit," the ball just then getting ready to fly from the thin little hand.
— from Ben Pepper by Margaret Sidney

fully formed the

Thus the plan of leaving France was fully formed; the object of his passion must therefore be a married woman; for he would have no reason to flee the country with a young girl.
— from The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac

fire from the

They watched the flashes of fire from the mouths of the cannon, the flight of the great shells, and the bank of smoke which soon began to lower like a cloud over the field.
— from The Scouts of the Valley by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

frontier from the

The inhabitants of the frontier from the earliest times have had to face the fiercest and most ravenous wild beasts which prowl in the forests of this continent; and the local histories of the various sections and single settlements on our border-land abound in thrilling accounts of combats between those pests of the forest and individual men and women.
— from Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by William Worthington Fowler

fixed for the

The 5th April, (1885) being the day following that on which the successful assault upon Liefkenshoek and Saint Anthony had taken place, was fixed for the descent of the fire-ships.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

for filling the

"She has proved a rich blessing to us, and I do not feel that I can ever part with her; but I have been thinking it was selfish, indeed, in keeping her with us, to deprive her of those advantages which would fit her for filling the station which I can plainly see belongs to her.
— from Natalie Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Ferna Vale

for forming the

Clay is a substance of inestimable value for forming the bottoms of ponds, and the bottoms and sides of canals and reservoirs, to prevent the water from draining away.
— from Useful Knowledge: Volume 1. Minerals Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature by William Bingley

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