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from rolling down and perishing

Let there be a battlement round the tops of your houses instead of a wall, that may prevent any persons from rolling down and perishing.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

fearful reckoning did Aegisthus presently

No matter how far out of the world you live, you will have heard of Agamemnon and the bad end he came to at the hands of Aegisthus—and a fearful reckoning did Aegisthus presently pay.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

for receives deposits and pays

He keeps all the books and documents of the Exchange; collects and pays over to the treasurer all moneys due the Exchange not otherwise provided for; receives, deposits, and pays over all margins on coffee contracts; has active charge of the Exchange rooms and the bulletin board; and manages and appoints, with the consent of the board of managers, the assistants needed to perform the details of the work under his charge.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

face remaining dark and puzzled

Irene's face remaining dark and puzzled, she went on: “Your new house at Robin Hill, of course.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

for rubles decorations and promotions

All the men of this party were fishing for rubles, decorations, and promotions, and in this pursuit watched only the weathercock of imperial favor, and directly they noticed it turning in any direction, this whole drone population of the army began blowing hard that way, so that it was all the harder for the Emperor to turn it elsewhere.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

from religious dissensions and political

There existed, besides, a branch of the Grands-Jours, occasionally sitting at Poitiers, Bayeux, and at some other central towns, in order to suppress the excesses which at times arose from religious dissensions and political controversy.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

first royal dragoons and proceeding

In April, 1759, he was re-appointed to the first royal dragoons, and proceeding in command of the regiment to Germany, served in the battles and skirmishes of that and the two succeeding campaigns under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick.
— from Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846 by Richard Cannon

friends Rose Dyer and Polly

What this incentive was she confided only to her two most admired friends, Rose Dyer and Polly, but by a Polly channel the news also reached Betty Ashton’s ears.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows by Margaret Vandercook

flanks resounded dully and palpitated

The great structure of bones gave a rattle within as if ruptured, the skin over the stomach and flanks resounded dully and palpitated.
— from Tales of My Native Town by Gabriele D'Annunzio

fanatic reactionaries Durnovo and Plehve

The Ministry of the Interior, under the direction of two fanatic reactionaries, Durnovo and Plehve, [3] set on foot all the inquisitorial contrivances of the Police Department, of which both these officials had formerly been the chiefs.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 2 [of 3] From the Death of Alexander I until the Death of Alexander III (1825-1894) by Simon Dubnow

fit recta DE ad punctum

Ex punctis B & C fiunt visuales BO , CO ad punctum oculi; ex puncto D fit recta DE ad punctum distantiæ.
— from Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to delineate in perspective all designs relating to architecture by Andrea Pozzo

from race divine And placed

ye are my scorn, For grandeur only I was born; Or, sure, am sprung from race divine, And placed on earth to live and shine.
— from Fables and Fabulists: Ancient and Modern by Thomas Newbigging

from regular duty and placed

Two months had already elapsed and the work was at the stage when a destroyer and a practice torpedo boat had been detached from regular duty and placed at his exclusive service.
— from Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by Lawrence Perry

from religious difference and political

The formation of the Triumvirate had been taken as a sign by both parties that the issue between them was, as in Germany before the Smalkald war, likely soon to pass from religious difference and political rivalry into military combat; and both sides accordingly prepared against this fatal day.
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

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