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for us to retain even that

When we leave our closet, and engage in the common affairs of life, its conclusions seem to vanish, like the phantoms of the night on the appearance of the morning; and it is difficult for us to retain even that conviction, which we had attained with difficulty.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

flames until the Romans extinguished them

Few of those who broke out escaped, while all who remained in the camp perished in the flames, until the Romans extinguished them and began to plunder.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

for us to remain except the

These discoveries immediately determined us to abandon a place which had presented no inducement for us to remain, except the promise of security; and as we looked about us for the means of ascending again into the upper regions, we at last found a practicable part of the rock, and half an hour’s toil carried us to the summit of the same cliff from which the preceding evening we had descended.
— from Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville

falling upon the retina excite the

In like manner Ferrier: "But how is it that the molecular modifications in the cerebral cells coincide with the modifications of the consciousness; how, for instance, do luminous vibrations falling upon the retina excite the modification of consciousness called visual sensation ?
— from The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet

friends under those rocks explode the

Then we’ll attach wires as in the mine, and if we find that we can’t stand against a second assault, all we have to do is to inveigle our friends under those rocks, explode the charge, and then, my Richard—oh, what a time they will have!”
— from The Island of Fantasy: A Romance by Fergus Hume

fell upon the room eyes turned

It seemed to him, at his treachery, a silence fell upon the room; eyes turned with a cold stare, haughty faces sneered at him...
— from The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine

fellow upon the road engaged to

Don Quixote was on thorns to know the strange story that the fellow upon the road engaged to tell him; so that, going into the stable, he minded him of his promise, and pressed him to relate the whole matter.
— from The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

fire upon the retreating enemy the

The artillery delivers a heavy fire upon the retreating enemy; the disordered attacking troops secure the position, promptly re-form, and become a new reserve.
— from Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by United States. War Department

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