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for such as

Our old poets and fantastical writers have many fabulous remedies for such as are lovesick, as that of Protesilaus' tomb in Philostratus, in his dialogue between Phoenix and Vinitor: Vinitor, upon occasion discoursing of the rare virtues of that shrine, telleth him that Protesilaus' altar and tomb
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

for soon after

Thursday, predestined to hope and enjoyment, came; and opened with more kindness to Fanny than such self-willed, unmanageable days often volunteer, for soon after breakfast a very friendly note was brought from Mr. Crawford to William, stating that as he found himself obliged to go to London on the morrow for a few days, he could not help trying to procure a companion; and therefore hoped that if William could make up his mind to leave Mansfield half a day earlier than had been proposed, he would accept a place in his carriage.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

former sensations and

This full view of all her private parts reawakened former sensations and strengthened them.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

FUTURE Strange as

POETRY TO-DAY IN AMERICA SHAKSPERE—THE FUTURE Strange as it may seem, the topmost proof of a race is its own born poetry.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

from Swimmer as

This myth was obtained first from Swimmer, as explaining the theory upon which is based the medical practice of the Cherokee doctor.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

flying squirrels and

Look at the family of squirrels; here we have the finest gradation from animals with their tails only slightly flattened, and from others, as Sir J. Richardson has remarked, with the posterior part of their bodies rather wide and with the skin on their flanks rather full, to the so-called flying squirrels; and flying squirrels have their limbs and even the base of the tail united by a broad expanse of skin, which serves as a parachute and allows them to glide through the air to an astonishing distance from tree to tree.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

flowers sly and

He thrust his head among the bright waxy flowers, sly and laughing.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

for she again

Emily now laid herself down on the mattress, and desired Annette to leave the lamp burning on the hearth; having done which, the latter placed herself beside Emily, who, however, was not suffered to sleep, for she again thought she heard a noise from the passage; and Annette was again trying to convince her, that it was only the wind, when footsteps were distinctly heard near the door.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

for singin an

The leddy took me up till a hoose, an' anither are that wis there came doon hame and gaed in ben, an' wis speirin' for ye, an' says she'll gie me till the polis for singin' an' askin' money in t' streets, an' wants you to gie me till her to pit in schuil."
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various

first successes and

It was to grow, as all the world knows, westward not eastward, making patent by its first successes and by its first failures how much Hellenism had gone to the making of it.
— from The Ancient East by D. G. (David George) Hogarth

French Society and

Hume leaves Bristol for France—Paris—Miracles at the Tomb of the Abbé Paris—Rheims— La Flêche —Associations with the Abbé Pluche and Des Cartes—Observations on French Society and Manners—Story of La Roche—Return to Britain—Correspondence with Henry Home—Publication of the first and second volume of the Treatise of Human Nature—Character of that Work—Its influence on Mental Philosophy.
— from Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Hill Burton

feel satisfaction at

Angry as he was, he found a moment in which to feel satisfaction at her pure colouring . . .
— from The Ffolliots of Redmarley by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

from Strelsau and

Whether I succeed or fail, by to-night I shall be far from Strelsau, and the king’s place will be free for him again.”
— from Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim Sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

For science and

For science and cleverness he had not his equal in all Olynthus.
— from Woman and Puppet, Etc. by Pierre Louÿs

fossil state although

—Until within a few years (1836, 1837), not a single bone of any quadrumanous animal, such as the orang, ape, baboon, and monkey, had been discovered in a fossil state, although so much progress had been made in bringing to light the extinct mammalia of successive tertiary eras, both carnivorous and herbivorous.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Fred shirked adventures

I may have been wrong, but once or twice I fancied that Fred shirked adventures which seemed nothing to me; and I felt this to be very odd, because I am not as brave as I should like to be, and Fred is grandson to the navy captain.
— from A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

face smiling and

Then I guessed at last and said with throbbing heart,— "Now I may, I may—" She raised her face, smiling and radiant,— "And you must," added she, blinking, and, as it were, commanding me for the future.
— from Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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