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for rapture and love and

He remembered Natásha as he had seen her for the first time at the ball in 1810, with her slender neck and arms and with a frightened happy face ready for rapture, and love and tenderness for her, stronger and more vivid than ever, awoke in his soul.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

final rs and ls appear

Wherever final -rs and -ls appear they are not original but the result of the disappearance of an intervening consonant: as, puls , pottage , for *pults ( 533 ); pars , part , for *parts ( 533 ); all with syncope ( 111 ) of the vowel i in the nominative sg .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

free rein and leaning a

I needed no whip, no spur, for I was as eager as my rider; he saw it, and giving me a free rein, and leaning a little forward, we dashed after them.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

for recognition and love and

Yet it is at this very age when in his heart of hearts a young lad most craves for recognition and love; and he becomes the devoted slave of any one who shows him consideration.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

face relaxed a little and

He thrust his hands impatiently into his pockets, but notwithstanding his previous reflection there was some consolation there, for his face relaxed a little; and although there was still a deep frown upon the contracted brow, it was one of calculation, and not of disappointment.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

from remaining any longer at

It is this application of reflection alone that prevents us from remaining any longer at the phenomenon, and leads us to the thing in itself .
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

for Ráma and leading an

Who was acting as Regent for Ráma and leading an ascetic life while he mourned for his absent brother.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

fine raiment and lodged as

He was frighted even to the marrow, and was minded to give order for your instant enlargement, and that you be clothed in fine raiment and lodged as befitted one so great; but then came Merlin and spoiled all; for he persuaded the king that you are mad, and know not whereof you speak; and said your threat is but foolishness and idle vaporing.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

facing round and looking at

“By George!” said Syme, facing round and looking at him, “what a clever chap you are!”
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

fence rails and lumber and

At the side of the house the door-yard was littered with abandoned farm implements, piles of old fence rails and lumber and other impedimenta, which, though kindly Nature, abhorring the unsightly rubbish, was doing her utmost to hide it all beneath a luxuriant growth of docks, milkweed, and nettles, lent an air of disorder and neglect to the whole surroundings.
— from Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police: A Tale of the Macleod Trail by Ralph Connor

faded room and like a

Four lamps threw a broad, peaceful glow over the faded room, and, like a melancholy sunset, tinged it with yellow.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1 by Émile Zola

fortification requiring a large army

New Orleans is not a regular fortification requiring a large army and a powerful battering train for its reduction.
— from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig

for recognition and love and

Yet it is at this very age when, in his heart of hearts, a young lad most craves for recognition and love; and he becomes the devoted slave of any one who shows him consideration.
— from Stories from Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

full round and looked at

He turned full round and looked at him.
— from David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

feet right and left are

The two lateral feet (right and left) are larger and more branched than the two sagittal feet (sternal and caudal foot).
— from Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII by Ernst Haeckel

Fish river and lake and

Mr. Crean, during this exploratory trip, visited the country between Green lake and Meadow lake, Birch lake and Loon lake to the westward; Waterhen lake and Island lake; Canoe lake and Burnt lake; White Fish river and lake, and Watchush lake; Gipsy lake, Gordon lake and McMurray; Gregoire lake.
— from The Unexploited West A Compilation of all of the authentic information available at the present time as to the Natural Resources of the Unexploited Regions of Northern Canada by Ernest J. Chambers

first resurrection and live and

I think it's them that would, that might have part in the first resurrection, and live and reign the thousand years.
— from Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

from Raffaello and likewise a

After having separated himself completely from Giovan Francesco, he executed various architectural works in Rome, such as the design of the house of the Alberini in the Banchi (although some believe that the plan of this work came from Raffaello), and likewise a palace that may be seen at the present day on the Piazza della Dogana in Rome, which, being beautiful in design, has been reproduced in engraving.
— from Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by Giorgio Vasari

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