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however Erasistratus assumed numerous exceptions to

The characteristic physiological tenets of that school (which were all anticipated by Hippocrates) in no way agree with those of Erasistratus, save that both recognize the purposefulness of Nature; in practice, however, Erasistratus assumed numerous exceptions to this principle.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

had excited a new enthusiasm throughout

The blending of the Italian style with the old Spanish, had excited a new enthusiasm throughout the whole nation; and in proportion as the Spaniards were excluded from philosophic thinking, their passion for works of fancy was augmented.
— from History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2) by Friedrich Bouterwek

his elbow and nodded encouragingly to

Spence looked with interest at the poor but earnest pleader at his elbow, and nodded encouragingly to him.
— from The Starling: A Scottish Story by Norman Macleod

hitherto enjoyed and now enter the

"By the decision of the war and the reorganization of our common German Fatherland, you are deprived of the independence which you have hitherto enjoyed, and now enter the union of a great country, whose population is sympathetic to you by language, customs, and identity of interests."
— from The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas

have either a nearly equilateral triangle

—The outline of these valves varies considerably in specimens taken out of the same group: we have either a nearly equilateral triangle (fig.
— from A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc. by Charles Darwin

historic Empire and near enough to

We have gone too far in the "dismemberment" of our historic Empire, and near enough to the dismemberment of what remains, to apply this worn-out metaphor to the process of making Ireland politically free.
— from The Framework of Home Rule by Erskine Childers

her energies are now employed to

The time is short and scarcely suffices to prepare herself for the evening amusements; all her energies are now employed to give herself that external grace and charm necessary to render her conspicuous in the joyous circle.
— from Serious Hours of a Young Lady by Charles Sainte-Foi

homogeneous Englishman and not even the

But he was too subtle and inconsistent for the average homogeneous Englishman, and not even the comrades of trench and tent knew much about his private life.
— from Nightfall by Anthony Pryde

heavy eyelids and no eyelashes that

I think we hated one another on the spot; yet for the life of me I could not tell why, save that the woman of the tiger's glance had a red edge to her heavy eyelids, and no eyelashes that I could see—which things are not the marks of a good woman, as I take it.
— from Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

have enjoyed at no expense to

Why, ever since that fortunate Sunday, I have enjoyed, at no expense to myself, the most delicate of viands, the tenderest of nursing, and a complete immunity from even the suggestion of getting anything to do; and, in addition to all this, the satisfaction of having employed the services of a force to whose maintenance I have never contributed one farthing.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 17, 1887 by Various

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