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hear a noise from the

When the music stopped, I seemed to hear a noise from the skulls in the heap of bones; it was as though they were chuckling and I could not help shuddering.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

have a natural form that

The façade, or a part of it, or the interior may still have a natural form that lends itself to elaboration.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

had a note from the

A few days after M. Zaguri’s departure, I had a note from the consul informing me that the Procurator Morosini was stopping in my inn, and advising me to call on him if I knew him.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

hours and never failed to

Yielding to this fancy, and pleased to find that its indulgence beguiled the sick boy of many tedious hours, and never failed to afford him matter for thought and conversation afterwards, Nicholas made such spots the scenes of their daily rambles: driving him from place to place in a little pony-chair, and supporting him on his arm while they walked slowly among these old haunts, or lingered in the sunlight to take long parting looks of those which were most quiet and beautiful.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

heart and never forget that

“Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,—‘ Wait and hope .’—Your friend, “Edmond Dantès, Count of Monte Cristo .”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

have acknowledged no fewer than

The Jews in the course of their history during the last nineteen hundred years have acknowledged no fewer than twenty-four Messiahs, all of whom have turned out to be false, either impostors or self-deluded fanatics.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

however a notable fact that

It is, however, a notable fact, that, while so much execration is poured out by Americans, upon those engaged in the foreign slave trade, the men engaged in the slave trade between the states pass without condemnation, and their business is deemed honorable.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

home at noonday from the

The boys are up the woods with day To fetch the daffodils away, And home at noonday from the hills They bring no dearth of daffodils.
— from A Shropshire Lad by A. E. (Alfred Edward) Housman

heroines are now free to

It is not that we do not believe firmly in their existence, but that the changed social atmosphere of our times does not so sharply develop and outline woman’s spiritual characteristics: such heroines are now free to act in many directions denied to Turgenev’s heroines.
— from Turgenev: A Study by Edward Garnett

have allowed nothing for the

I have allowed nothing for the cost of land, as it is impossible to compute that.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

houses at night for there

They do not close their houses at night, for there is no thief or evil-doer among them.
— from Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams

have a name for to

“‘Truly yes,’ replied the lady; ‘but henceforth you shall have a name, for to do you justice you are as hard as iron, and Iron you shall be called—Big Iron Ferrone—and cannon-balls shall be your coat-of-arms, in sæcula sæculorum .
— from Legends of Florence: Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland

his agreement nor face the

Laegaire’s heart had failed him and he did not come, and the stranger jeered at the men of Ulster because their great champion durst not keep his agreement, nor face the blow he should receive in return for one he gave.
— from Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt

Happiness A New Force The

A Scientific Fact A Glorious Inauguration Finer Cosmic Forces Health and Happiness A New Force The Service of the Gods THE POWER OF THE EXALTED MOMENT.
— from The Life Radiant by Lilian Whiting

horses and never feel the

One of those great sleek mules, if good-tempered, will tire three horses, and never feel the worse for it.
— from A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

heir and next from the

First, from the heir, and next, from the parties interested in the last case.
— from Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch

hills a naraka for the

Once when he was making a judicial tour of inspection through Jambudvîpa, he saw, between the iron circuit of the two hills, a naraka for the punishment of wicked men.
— from Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Faxian

heard a noise from that

After walking for a quarter of an hour, we were about to pass a house and a clump of trees at the side of the road when we heard a noise from that direction, and suspecting an ambush we instantly struck off across the fields, putting the house between ourselves and the possible enemy.
— from The Escaping Club by A. J. (Alfred John) Evans

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