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from one extreme to

Finding it impossible to form any views, I drifted from one extreme to the other.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

furnished on emergency three

—The inferior grades possessed estates to a still larger amount, conjointly yielding a revenue of thirty lakhs of rupees; and as each thousand rupees of estate furnished on emergency three horses completely equipped, the feudal interest could supply nine thousand horse besides foot, of which they make little account.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

full of extraordinary talent

This strange girl, full of extraordinary talent, made rare sport of the friar, without causing any surprise to anyone, as all her answers were attributed to the devil.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

from one end to

“It is really dreadful,” groaned he with increasing anxiety; “I cannot recognise East Street again; there is not a single decent shop from one end to the other!
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

fond of England that

In the past year she had grown so fond of England that to leave it was a real grief.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

far off echoes the

They marched in even time, singing their King; as whilome snowy swans among the thin clouds, when they return from pasturage, and utter resonant notes through their long necks; far off echoes the river and the smitten Asian fen. . . .
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

fearful of encountering the

The favorite of Justinian (it has been fiercely urged) was fearful of encountering the light of freedom and the gravity of Roman sages.
— 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

form of expression to

But there is nothing in the form of expression to show what that relation is.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

fit on either to

But this simple Reciprocation will not fit on either to the Distributive Just, or the Corrective (and yet this is the interpretation they put on the Rhadamanthian rule of Just, If a man should suffer what he hath done, then there would be straightforward justice”), for in many cases differences arise: as, for instance, suppose one in authority has struck a man, he is not to be struck in turn; or if a man has struck one in authority, he must not only be struck but punished also.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

field of Ephron the

In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 1: Genesis by Anonymous

for office exerted themselves

Meanwhile his most intimate friends, in spite of his declarations that he made no complaint, and that he had no wish for office, exerted themselves to effect a change of ministry.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 6 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

from one end the

The centre of slot B is seventeen inches from one end, the centre of A ten inches from B , and centre of C thirteen inches from B .
— from The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys by Gordon Stables

flicker of expression to

Her eyes were keenly on the Châran's face as she spoke, but there was no flicker of expression to give her any clue.
— from A Prince of Dreamers by Flora Annie Webster Steel

from one extremity to

We discover that the judges of the Supreme Court, in consequence of their composing a part of the circuit courts, were obliged to travel from one extremity to the other of this extensive country.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

fallen on evil times

O Benefactor of the British Tommy, So often sick in far unfriendly climes, What tears of sympathy are flowing from me To learn that you have fallen on evil times!
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 by Various

functions or even the

In spite of a very prevalent impression in the matter, the all-important element of religion is not attendance at church or the public exercise of religious functions, or even the joining in religious celebrations, for all these may be accomplished by routine without an element of real devotion to the Creator in them.
— from Religion And Health by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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