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future Place Project or
We out-run our present Income, as not doubting to disburse our selves out of the Profits of some future Place, Project, or Reversion, that we have in view.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

future passive participle of
On the other hand, the future passive participle of deponent verbs is passive in meaning as in other verbs.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

fine poetic presentment of
[8] The reader will remember the fine poetic presentment of this view of things, which Goethe with intuitive perception gives in the Faust, Part I., where the Erdgeist says: " So schaff' ich am sausenden WEBSTUHL DER ZEIT , Und wirke DER GOTTHEIT LEBENDIGES KLEID ."
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

fragments published posthumously or
It considered not worth while to translate a few fragments published posthumously, or a monologue “On the Evils of Tobacco”—a half humorous lecture by “the husband of his wife;” which begins “Ladies, and in some respects, gentlemen,” as this is hardly dramatic work.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

for payment part of
Though some of those notes are continually coming back upon him for payment, part of them continue to circulate for months and years together.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

for practical philosophy only
Now it was believed that the doctrine of freedom is needed for practical philosophy only as its negative condition; but that on the other hand the doctrine of God and of the constitution of the soul, as belonging to theoretical philosophy, must be established for themselves and separately, in order afterwards to unite both with that which the moral law (possible only under the condition of freedom) commands, 412 and so to constitute a religion.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

four principal points of
The division of four principal points of view into four books, and the most careful bringing together of all that is related and homogeneous, assists the exposition
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

for precise position of
Refer to book for precise position of the anterior cardinal sinus, and then cut down through body wall into this just over gill slits.
— from Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

from physiology psychology or
But partly through the development of physics itself, partly through arguments derived from physiology, psychology or metaphysics, it has come to be thought that the immediate data of sense could not themselves form part of the ultimate constituents of the physical world, but were in some sense "mental," "in the mind," or "subjective."
— from Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell

from people passing on
Kennedy, however, seemed to enjoy the entertainment, an example of his ability to gain recreation whenever and however he wished, to find relaxation under the oddest or most casual circumstances, out of anything from people passing on the street to an impromptu concert of a street band.
— from The Film Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

frame pleasant pictures of
Its open arches frame pleasant pictures of rich meadows, of woods beyond them, of blue hills beyond again, with bits of sky peeping above.
— from A Leisurely Tour in England by James John Hissey

family prayer President O
Order of exercises: Singing, "Welcome to all" (organ accompaniment), by the family; prayer, President O. G. Snow; singing, "Greeting song" (organ accompaniment), the small children; opening address, President Lorenzo Snow; address (extempore), Mrs. Adaline Snow; address (extempore), Mrs. Harriet A. Snow; organ solo, Miss Parintha Snow; address (extempore), Bishop George Dunford; address (extempore), Mr. Orville Hendrickson; "My mother's dear old song" (organ accompaniment), Mrs. Clara S. McAllister; address (extempore), Mrs. Sarah A. Snow; address (extempore), Mrs. Abigail S. Rosenbaum; singing, "Hard times come again no more," the family; address (extempore), Mrs. Phebe A. Snow; singing, "Bye and bye," all; benediction, Mr. Elijah A. Box.
— from Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey) Snow

France possessed possibilities of
The success of the French armies, even during the disorders of the Convention and the corruption of the Directory, indicated that revolutionary France possessed possibilities of national efficiency far superior to the France of the Old Régime.
— from The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

for posthumous publication other
A clever letter-writer, she produced during her life a charming volume of letters touching Sweden and Norway; and left behind her, for posthumous publication, other Letters to Imlay ,—letters curiously and dismally in harmony with the sentiments and feeling of the essay on English womankind.
— from The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2) by John Cordy Jeaffreson

Father Peter puts on
Finding the baby swinging in his liulka, Father Peter puts on his cope, unclasps his book, turns his face to the holy icons, and begins his prayer.
— from Free Russia by William Hepworth Dixon

for printing portions of
As it was generally admitted that the speaking on this night had never been exceeded in wit and humor, and for its cordiality towards a famous Englishman, at any of the Lotos dinners, I make no apology for printing portions of the other addresses.
— from Henry Irving's Impressions of America Narrated in a Series of Sketches, Chronicles, and Conversations by Joseph Hatton

found polished plates of
In the tombs of the Peruvian princes, with whom a considerable portion of their valuables was always interred, there have been found polished plates of marcasite, which appear to have served them as mirrors.
— from Useful Knowledge: Volume 1. Minerals Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature by William Bingley


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