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for like reason they

These stuffs, or some such as these, were, I believe, what the mediaeval writers called Tartary cloth , not because they were made in Tartary, but because they were brought from China and its borders through the Tartar dominions; as we find that for like reason they were sometimes called stuffs of Russia .
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

from Les Roches to

But the walk from Les Roches to Les Metz was long: not much under two miles, by rough roads.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

for like remembering that

On the contrary, return us like for like, remembering that this is that very crisis in which he who lends aid is most a friend, and he who opposes is most a foe.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

Fuffcoojah lies raises the

The loving dog leaves his master’s breast and carries his true and tender heart over to where Fuffcoojah lies, raises the pelt, crawls in beside him, and presses his warm breast firm and hard against his brother’s ice-locked heart, and warms him into life again, then wakes me and tells me what he hath done.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

following legend related to

This framework was covered by a mantilla of red cloth which, when not rolled up, concealed the whole head and face, The following legend, related to me on the spot, explains the origin of this unusual headdress.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

forest leaves repeat their

The seasons make their round and the generations of men, like the forest leaves, repeat their career.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

found liberty rambled through

In the towns, in the voiceless towns, we visited the churches, adorned by pictures, master-pieces of art, or galleries of statues—while in this genial clime the animals, in new found liberty, rambled through the gorgeous palaces, and hardly feared our forgotten aspect.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

from Lord Russell the

To all the demands made by Colonel Neale, in accordance with the instructions he had received from Lord Russell, the rôjiû objected, and when he informed them that the British Government required the payment of £10,000 in gold as an indemnity to the families of the two murdered men, they opened their eyes very wide indeed.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

Francis laughed remembering the

“Good night,” Francis laughed, remembering the man’s description as given to him by Henry.
— from Hearts of Three by Jack London

full length representing the

Under the slab, which, supported by the low stone pillars, forms a canopy for them, lie two sculptured figures of stone, of life size, and at full length, representing the same persons; but I think the sculptor was hardly equal in his art to the engraver.
— from Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete by Nathaniel Hawthorne

field Lincoln remarked to

After some very bad news had come in from the army in the field, Lincoln remarked to Schuyler Colfax: “How willingly would I exchange places to-day with the soldier who sleeps on the ground in the Army of the Potomac!”
— from Lincoln's Yarns and Stories A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes That Made Lincoln Famous as America's Greatest Story Teller by Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly) McClure

French ladies refer to

The French ladies refer to such unfortunates as being “beyond the pale.”
— from Worldly Ways & Byways by Eliot Gregory

found little response to

She gave concerts, but found little response to her efforts.
— from Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Henry Charles Lahee

from logs returned to

Several storms were investigated by Professor Espy, some of them the same which Mr. Redfield had attempted to show were of a rotary character; one or two by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia; one by Professor Loomis, already alluded to; and recently, two by Lieutenant Porter, from logs returned to the National Observatory.
— from The Philosophy of the Weather. And a Guide to Its Changes by T. B. (Thomas Belden) Butler

feel like returning to

It makes me feel like returning to society: too much pretence reminds one of the policeman.'
— from Armorel of Lyonesse: A Romance of To-day by Walter Besant

from Little Rock to

from Little Rock to the place of destination, thirty miles up the Arkansas, and forty miles up the Fourche le Fave, and partly to carry us occasionally across the river.
— from Wild Sports in the Far West by Friedrich Gerstäcker

farming life revolutionized the

The change to a farming life revolutionized the entire culture.
— from Indians of the Mesa Verde by Don Watson

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