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from religion except momentarily perhaps
Spirituality has never flourished apart from religion, except momentarily, perhaps, in some master-mind, whose original intuitions at once became a religion to his followers.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

for running expenses Mr Pantin
“I happened to be in the bank the other day when the girl was begging Wentz for time on the loan which Mormon Joe had contracted for running expenses,” Mr. Pantin explained with somewhat elaborate carelessness.
— from The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart

feebly resisted evidently much pleased
He feebly resisted, evidently much pleased.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

from recent explorations many parts
Some of the most distinctive of African animals range over the whole of it, and as, from recent explorations, many parts of this wide area have been made known to the reading public, we devote one of our plates to illustrate the especially African forms of life that here abound.
— from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace

fellows received eighteen marks per
These fellows received eighteen marks per month and have a rating of only "over matrosa," or just one step higher than that of common sailor.
— from Ten Months in a German Raider: A prisoner of war aboard the Wolf by John Stanley Cameron

Ford Richard Esq M P
William Ford, Richard, Esq. M. P. Fitzgerald, Lord Robert Fane, Francis, Esq. M. P. Frost, John, Esq. Frederic, Sir John, Bart.
— from The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip

from Russia engage my personal
"Should the Emperor be desirous of the superintendence of an experienced person to put the Telegraph in operation in Russia, I will either engage myself to visit Russia for that purpose; or, if my own or another government shall, previous to receiving an answer from Russia, engage my personal attendance, I will send an experienced person in my stead."
— from Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II by Samuel Finley Breese Morse

fine red earth may possibly
In Venezuela, where fermentation is often only allowed to proceed for one day, the use of fine red earth may possibly be of value.
— from Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Arthur William Knapp


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