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first less easy to

But underlying this thought, the first and most simple one, no doubt, there was in our opinion another, newer one, a corollary of the first, less easy to perceive and more easy to contest, a view as philosophical and belonging no longer to the priest alone but to the savant and the artist.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

from life exhibiting the

This book, considered merely as an essay, is one of the most entertaining productions of ancient times; but, beheld as a picture drawn from life, exhibiting the real characters and sentiments of men of the first distinction for virtue and wisdom in the Roman Republic, it becomes doubly interesting to every reader of observation and taste.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

far less easy task

But such an undertaking bristles with difficulties—it promises to be a far less easy task than the depicting of some outstanding personality which calls but for a wholesale dashing of colours upon the canvas—the colours of a pair of dark, burning eyes, a pair of dark, beetling brows, a forehead seamed with wrinkles, a black, or a fiery-red, cloak thrown backwards over the shoulder, and so forth, and so forth.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

fantastic large enough to

Its limbs were gnarled and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting down almost to the earth, and rising again into the air.
— from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

foreign language except the

But he might have accosted them in Chinese with the same success: there was not one person present tolerably versed in his mother-tongue, much less acquainted with any foreign language, except the wine merchant, who, incensed at this appeal, which he considered as an affront to his integrity, gave the judge to understand, that the delinquent, instead of speaking to the purpose, contumaciously insulted his authority in sundry foreign lingos, which he apprehended was an additional proof of his being the Chevalier's son,
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

for Light enough to

And let the Rays at their coming out of the Glass pass through a small round hole, or aperture made in a little plate of Lead, Brass, or Silver, wherewith the Glass is to be covered, which hole must be no bigger than is necessary for Light enough to pass through.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

from Limoges expecting to

[The Gondreville Mystery.] MERLIN (Hector), came to Paris from Limoges, expecting to become a journalist; a Royalist; during the two years in which Lucien de Rubempre made his literary and political beginning, Merlin was especially noted.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

For little eat they

For little eat they anything but flesh and the broth.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

from Lake Erie to

At present she has only the Anti-Slavery cause for New York, the "Woman's Rights Movement" for the world, the Sunday evening lectures for Rochester and other lecturing of her own from Lake Erie to the "Old Man of Franconia mountains;" private cares and home affairs and the various et ceteras of womanity .
— 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

face looked exactly that

She was twenty-two years old, and her face looked exactly that age.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

for lamps etc than

In addition I gathered a good store of fresh fruit, and a quantity of cuati nuts on their branches, which the Ingas use for lamps, etc., than which no candles of wax give better light with less smoke.
— from The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane Her Surprising Curious Adventures In Strange Parts & Happy Deliverance From Pirates, Battle, Captivity, & Other Terrors; Together With Divers Romantic & Moving Accidents As Set Forth By Benet Pengilly (Her Companion In Misfortune & Joy), & Now First Done Into Print by Frank Barrett

from long experience that

Yates knew from long experience that the quickest and surest road to a woman’s confidence was through her sympathy.
— from In the Midst of Alarms by Robert Barr

formed large enough to

At the blunt end of the longest piece a ring is formed, large enough to admit of the point of a finger entering it; this is done by bending the wire back on itself a turn and a half, by the assistance of the round pincers.
— from How to Stuff Birds and Animals A valuable book giving instruction in collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving birds, animals, and insects by Aaron A. Warford

following legislative elections the

Hsien Loong LEE (since 28 November 1990) and Keng Yam Tony TAN (since 1 August 1995) cabinet: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 28 August 1999 (next to be held by August 2005); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president; deputy prime ministers appointed by the president election results: Sellapan Rama (S. R.)
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

for Lord Edmund the

"Mistress, I give you good greeting: and I do you to wit right heavy tidings, for Lord Edmund the Earl lieth dead in Cork Castle."
— from Under One Sceptre, or Mortimer's Mission: The Story of the Lord of the Marches by Emily Sarah Holt

from luxurious ease to

All knew that to combat in their cause he had descended from princely station, from luxurious ease, to the position of a proscribed and almost beggared outlaw.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) by John Lothrop Motley

for Lesbia entered the

I was spared any reply, for Lesbia entered the room at that moment.
— from Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey

fresh lodgings exclaimed the

and we’ve cash in our pockets—aad it’s afther pathronising some tavern we’ll be until the morning, whin we’ll take fresh lodgings,” exclaimed the gallant gentleman, his naturally good spirits reviving, as he found himself safe in Aldersgate Street, and no suspicious-looking characters dodging him in the rear.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

forehead lazy eyes that

Dark features, sharply cut; two horizontal lines in his forehead; lazy eyes that give a flash now and then, and show that he could be active enough if he chose; a square chin; and such great, wide shoulders.
— from The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

find labour enjoying the

Even in those agricultural countries where this result is promoted by a land system favouring peasant properties, the result is largely due to the fact that occupying ownership is itself the best condition for high production; and if we compare the principal modern industrial nations, we shall find labour enjoying the best real remuneration in those where the rate of production is highest, where employers are most competent, machinery most perfected, and labour itself personally most efficient.
— from Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

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