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given in the townships and it may
In this part of the Union the impulsion of political activity was given in the townships; and it may almost be said that each of them originally formed an independent nation.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

gazelle in the Tell and in mountainous
Everywhere, but above all in Sersou, is found the sine , or diminutive gazelle; in the Tell and in mountainous districts, the ademi , the largest kind; and in the Sahara, the rime , or intermediate species, distinguished by the whiteness of its belly and thighs, and the length of its horns.
— from The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert by E.‏ (Eugène) Daumas

give it that turn and I myself
My peculiars, particularly Miss Howe, would give it that turn; and I myself could mean nothing by it, but to see if it would be accepted in order to strengthen my own arguments against Mr. Solmes.
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Samuel Richardson

given in the two are in most
The events given in the two are in most respects the same, the principal difference being that the Chronicles is much more tinctured with Chinese philosophy, and the myths concerning the creation especially show the influence of that dual system which had been introduced to give a philosophical aspect to the Japanese cosmogony.
— from Japan by David Murray

go in town together and I made
So there was nothing to do but for us to go in town together, and I made up my mind that I could lose her after we reached the hospital.
— from Jean Cabot at Ashton by Gertrude Fisher Scott

greatly increased the trouble and in many
But in process of time, when the nation had become a large and scattered one, its members residing at great distances, and only coming to the Temple once or twice in the year to offer their sacrifices, they would have found that for even the poor to carry their pigeons with them would have greatly increased the trouble, and in many cases have been almost impossible.
— from Bible Animals; Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scripture, from the Ape to the Coral. by J. G. (John George) Wood

given in the text and in many
On the plain promise of God as given in the text, and in many similar declarations scattered all over the Scriptures.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker


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