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feel in confessing exactly the

I cannot let you continue in your error; and yet, perhaps, since my manners gave such an impression, I have as much reason to be ashamed of confessing that I never have been at all attached to the person we are speaking of, as it might be natural for a woman to feel in confessing exactly the reverse.—But I never have.”
— from Emma by Jane Austen

for it can exist to

No greater reason for it can exist to-morrow than exists to-day.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

from it came even to

Was not persecution so hot against the Christians (if even yet it is allayed) that some of the fugitives from it came even to [Pg 288] Roman towns?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Finally I could endure the

Finally I could endure the suspense no longer, and, arming myself with my two Colt revolvers and a carbine, I strapped two belts of cartridges about me and catching my saddle horse, started down the trail taken by Powell in the morning.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

franchise is confined entirely to

At the beginning of 1860 the laws relating to women, as briefly stated by the great jurist, David Dudley Field, were as follows: The elective franchise is confined entirely to men.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

first in court Empty the

[Singing] 'When Arthur first in court'- Empty the jordan.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

formulating it clearly even to

It is true that we do not find him stating, in this uncompromising way, the revolutionary aspect of his programme; he would have shrunk from formulating it clearly even to himself.
— from The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study in Criticism Being the Stanhope Essay: Oxford, 1893 by Arthur Ogle

for its cheerful effect than

The mutineers had made a great fire of driftwood, more for its cheerful effect than for any other reason, for the night was oppressively warm.
— from Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes

friend I cannot express to

My dear friend, I cannot express to you the anguish of my heart at this present moment.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Further information concerning ear ticks

Further information concerning ear ticks and the details of their treatment is given in Farmers' Bulletin 980.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

find it comparatively easy to

They are put to learn German; which they do not learn, unluckily, but which they find it comparatively easy to shirk.
— from Essays in Little by Andrew Lang

far I could esteem the

I was pained to see how little reliance could be placed on the sensibility of the king, as well as how far I could esteem the consideration of the maréchale for madame de Pompadour, from whom she had experienced so many marks of friendship.
— from Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de

finally I carefully examined the

I followed the footsteps down the yew alley, I saw the spot at the moor-gate where he seemed to have waited, I remarked the change in the shape of the prints after that point, I noted that there were no other footsteps save those of Barrymore on the soft gravel, and finally I carefully examined the body, which had not been touched until my arrival.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

flows into condenser E through

It ultimately flows into condenser E through pipe t , there being no other outlet.
— from A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products by F. B. (Frederic B.) Wright

found I could express them

The one will appear obvious; that principles, maxims, or precepts so written, both strike the reader more strongly at first, and are more easily retained by him afterwards: the other may seem odd, but is true; I found I could express them more shortly this way than in prose itself; and nothing is more certain, than that much of the force as well as grace of arguments or instructions, depends on their conciseness.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

forgotten I cried endeavoring to

"I had forgotten,—oh, how much I had forgotten," I cried, endeavoring to release myself from the arm that only tightened its hold.
— from Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

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