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for in cash they

They had vivid recollections of how he had bought, three or four weeks ago, wine and goods of all sorts to the value of several hundred roubles, paid for in cash (they would never have let him have anything on credit, of course).
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

first is confined to

110 Note 106 ( return ) [ The six books of the Edifices of Procopius are thus distributed the first is confined to Constantinople: the second includes Mesopotamia and Syria the third, Armenia and the Euxine; the fourth, Europe; the fifth, Asia Minor and Palestine; the sixth, Egypt and Africa.
— 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 its crust to

Of the other tears of humanity with which the earth is soaked from its crust to its center, I will say nothing.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

first instance consider the

As a first instance, consider the antipathies which men cherish on no better grounds than that persons whose religious opinions are different from theirs, do not practise their religious observances, especially their religious abstinences.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

feast is celebrated they

According to the nature of the animals whose feast is celebrated, they jump after the manner of kangaroos, or imitate the movements they make in eating, the flight of winged ants, the characteristic noise of the bat, the cry of the wild turkey, the hissing of the snake, the croaking of the frog, etc.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

for its core the

Human nature, then, has for its core the substance of nature at large, and is one of its more complex formations.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Freemasonry is called the

A similar ceremony in Freemasonry is called the Rite of Intrusting.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

For it cognizes the

For it cognizes the universal of Thought, the figure of Imagination, and the matter of Sense, without employing Thought, Imagination, or Sense, but surveying all things, so to speak, under the aspect of pure form by a single flash of intuition.
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

friend I conjure thee

All the while the unhappy Altisidora was bewailing herself in the above strain Don Quixote stood staring at her; and without uttering a word in reply to her he turned round to Sancho and said, "Sancho my friend, I conjure thee by the life of thy forefathers tell me the truth; say,
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

ff in compound tenses

Auxiliary verbs, 6 , 91 ; in future, 102 ff.; in compound tenses, 106 ; in passive, 108 ff.; in progressive form, 113 f.; in emphatic form, 114 ; replacing subjunctive, 123 ; in potential verb-phrases, 124 ff. /A
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

Foundation is committed to

The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United States.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 07, July, 1879 by Various

first into catarrh then

This results in nervousness, insomnia, intestinal congestion (constipation), fermentation, and intestinal gas, while the excess of acid in the stomach causes irritation of the mucous surface of that much-abused organ, which develops first into catarrh, then ulceration, and sometimes into cancer.
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 1 of 5 by Eugene Christian

find it convenient to

"Major Coulthurst would be glad if you and Leger could find it convenient to see him now," he said.
— from Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss

found itself compelled to

The Divan at Constantinople had found itself compelled to treat him rather like an independent ally than a powerful vassal.
— from Hassan; or, The Child of the Pyramid: An Egyptian Tale by Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir

family is concerned the

Mr. Kemble finds Impingas in Impington, in Cambridgeshire, though it would seem incorrectly, as far as the tribe or family is concerned, the name being only that of a man, Impin.
— from Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson

for introducing children to

[Pg 137] CHAPTER VI Primary Reading through Incidental Exercises and Games BASED ON SCHOOL MOVEMENTS, STUDIES, AND GAMES Before entering upon the discussion of the usual methods of introducing children to the art of reading we will give a treatment of the incidental opportunities offered by the other studies, by school movements and games in primary classes, for introducing children to the written and printed forms.
— from Special Method in Primary Reading and Oral Work with Stories by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) McMurry

fire is communicated to

It is obvious, that, when they burst, fire is communicated to the whole at the same time; and the quantity of powder is usually sufficient, not only to burst the shell, but also to throw the contents to some distance.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

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