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go on slowly as if nothing

The rest of the party advised me to continue quietly in the road, as it was possible that, from our presenting a rather formidable appearance, we should pass unmolested; but so confident was I of his mistake, that, telling the rest to go on slowly, as if nothing had been observed, I dropped into the long grass and stalked up towards them.”
— from Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature by J. G. (John George) Wood

grades of society and in no

In no land is knowledge so generally diffused throughout the different grades of society, and in no land do such facilities exist for acquiring a thorough education.
— from Thoughts on Missions by Sheldon Dibble

growth of sentiment against in North

in Spanish America, 22 ; question again to the front (1819), 23 ; defended in Congress, all ideas of abolishing dropped in South, growth of sentiment against in North, 24 ; Jefferson supports, 25 ; Clay supports, 26 ; growth of question from 1832, 28 ; South fully accepts and defends, 46 ff; views of Jos. LeConte, Frederic Law Olmsted, and C. C. Jones on, 49 ; theory of adopted by slave-holders, 50 ; abolished in West Indies, 51 ; Garrison's fight against, 51 ff; defense of strengthened in South, 54 ; underlying principles of; tide of public opinion sets against, 70 ; question grows in prominence, 71 ff; freedom of speech on denied in South, 73 ; Calhoun's claim for nationalization of, 80 ; excluded from new territory acquired by purchase, 80 ; opposition of Seward and Chase to, 83 ; as it was, depicted by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 100 ; depicted in biography of Thomas Dabney, 100 ff; described by Fanny Kemble, 103 ff; pictured by Frederic Law Olmsted, 107 ff; Harriet Beecher Stowe's opinion of embodied in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 109 ; general view of in South, 133 ; attitude of clergy toward, 141 ; hostility toward in South, 170 ; the great cause of difference between North and South, 207 , 211 ; restriction of the supreme principle of Republican party, 212 ; measures upon during Civil war, 249 , 250 ; Lincoln's attitude toward, 250 ; abolished in Dist. of Columbia, 251 ; finally and forever abolished in U. S., 276 .
— from The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam

go on smoking as if nothing

Just go on smoking as if nothing out of the way were happening.
— from A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

genius of Seneca and indeed no

Persius, we are informed, had no admiration for the genius of Seneca; and, indeed, no two styles, though both are deeply artificial, could be more unlike one another.
— from Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail

great or small and in nothing

Take Him into account in everything great or small, and in nothing say, 'Thus I will, thus I command.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren

go on spinning as if nothing

Except Eros and Plutus, who seem as usual, and the old Fates, who go on spinning as if nothing had happened, none of us expects to last for another ten years.
— from The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett

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