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from Lollius of Urbino The

[562] Then Petrarch, [563] Boccaccio, [564] and the Provençal poets, [565] and his benefactors: the Romaunt of the Rose [566] is only judicious translation from William of Lorris and John of Meung: Troilus and Creseide, [567] from Lollius of Urbino: The Cock and the Fox, [568] from the Lais of Marie: The House of Fame, [569] from the French or Italian: and poor Gower
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

far less odium under the

The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

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— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

fell lifeless one upon the

Then having engaged hand to hand, when not only the movements of their bodies, and the rapid brandishings of their arms and weapons, but wounds also and blood were seen, two of the Romans fell lifeless, one upon the other, the three Albans being wounded.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

from looking out upon the

I was writing in our front room this afternoon and trying hard to keep my attention on my work and refrain from looking out upon the canal.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

following lines occur upon the

In a volume (autograph) of Lord Fairfax’s Poems, preserved in the British Museum, 11744, f. 42, the following lines occur upon the 30th of January, on which day the King was beheaded.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

fragments laid one upon the

It was composed of huge blocks of marble of various colors, polished almost as smooth as if the hand of man had wrought the work; and then I knew that I was on Nature’s Marble Highway leading to the cities of the under world which Don Fum had mentioned in his book, and I remembered, too, that he had spoken of Nature’s Mighty Mosaics, huge fantastic figures on the walls of these lofty corridors, made up of various colored blocks and fragments laid one upon the other as if with design, and not by the wild, tempestuous whims of upbursting forces thousands of years ago, when the earth was in its mad and wayward youth.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

foreign languages of unlearning the

The inconvenience of this is the necessity that it imposes upon us, in studying foreign languages, of unlearning the sound which we give it in our own, and of learning the sound which it bears in the language studied.
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

further L opens up the

L, the Rue des Pyramides, again Napoleonic: and further L , opens up the Place du Palais Royal , with the façade of the Palace showing behind it.
— from Paris Grant Allen's Historical Guides by Grant Allen

fat lot of use that

A fat lot of use that was!
— from The Girl on the Boat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

from lore or untested tradition

As skill it distinguishes itself early in his history from lore, or untested tradition.
— from The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

from lying out under the

But it was lukewarm from lying out under the sun, and had at least a hundred tadpoles swimming merrily about in it.
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

FROM LONDON Orders up to

WEEKLY PARCELS FROM LONDON : Orders up to Saturday Night, for any Works of Music not on hand, will ensure the delivery on the following Wednesday.
— from Cussons' Horncastle Compendium, 1837 by D. Cussons

for loading or unloading the

The self-binders are doing the heavy work, but there is no machine for loading or unloading the sheaves.
— from In Pastures Green by Peter McArthur

first looked out upon the

The bird looks down upon the boy, into the eyes through which he first looked out upon the great, wide world, and which his mother fondly kissed; upon these eyes the buzzard will commence his meal.
— from A Persian Pearl, and Other Essays by Clarence Darrow

fearless loyal or uncompromising than

No leader of any crusade was ever more fearless, loyal or uncompromising than Susan B. Anthony and not one ever wrought more unselfishly or under greater difficulties for the good of her kind and for the progress of the race.
— from Labor and Freedom: The Voice and Pen of Eugene V. Debs by Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) Debs

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