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foolish perhaps even very fantastic
She knew now that she had been very foolish, perhaps even very fantastic.
— from A Spirit in Prison by Robert Hichens

First Principles English versus Foreign
page I. INTRODUCTION 33 Defects of Modern Heraldic Decoration; Appeal to First Principles; English versus Foreign Sources; Definition of Heraldry; Modes of Display; Colours and Furs; Formation of Arms; Divisions of the Shield; Early Authorities: Seals, Monuments, Buildings, Wills and Inventories, Rolls of Arms.
— from Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers by Hope, W. H. St. John (William Henry St. John), Sir

First Principles English versus Foreign
iv. 272) 352 CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS pp. 354-407 [Pg 33] CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Defects of Modern Heraldic Decoration; Appeal to First Principles; English versus Foreign Sources; Definition of Heraldry; Modes of Display; Colours and Furs; Formation of Arms; Divisions of the Shield; Early Authorities: Seals, Monuments, Buildings, Wills and Inventories, Rolls of Arms.
— from Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers by Hope, W. H. St. John (William Henry St. John), Sir

free peoples emerged victorious from
Undoubtedly even today, this justice and this punishment have become possible only because, as a first condition, free peoples emerged victorious from the conflict.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

first place error very frequently
In the first place, error very frequently springs from the partial or complete absence of that mental disposition which is implied in a real love of truth.
— from History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

from Phœnicia earthen vessels filled
From every part of Greece, and also from Phœnicia, earthen vessels filled with wine are imported into Egypt twice every year, and yet not a single one of these wine jars is afterward to be seen.
— from The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls by Herodotus


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