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he is dead embarketh for

Costanza loveth Martuccio Gomito and hearing that he is dead, embarketh for despair alone in a boat, which is carried by the wind to Susa.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

HE IS DEAD EMBARKETH FOR

252 THE SECOND STORY Day the Fifth COSTANZA LOVETH MARTUCCIO GOMITO AND HEARING THAT HE IS DEAD, EMBARKETH FOR DESPAIR ALONE IN A BOAT, WHICH IS CARRIED BY THE WIND TO SUSA.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

how it dates even from

Therefore, I read with interest page 186 p. 186 or sympathy the following, which, though amounting to nothing as a legend, is still valuable as setting forth the fascination of the place, and how it dates even from him who gave the Boboli Gardens their name: Il Giardino Boboli .
— from Legends of Florence: Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland

hushed in death every foot

[Pg 302] knowing all that had happened there, and to pass through those desolate rooms, associated in his mind with all the pleasant trifles of domestic life, thinking that every voice which he had heard there, save Gabriel's, was now hushed in death: every foot that trod those floors was dust.
— from By Far Euphrates: A Tale by Deborah Alcock

had its due effect for

Lucy made an effort to compose herself, and the prompt order had its due effect, for she ran out, to return in a few minutes laden with all Oldroyd had demanded.
— from The Star-Gazers by George Manville Fenn

heard it differed entirely from

I had never forgotten the meaning apparently written on that sensitive face; but Dove's story, as I then heard it, differed entirely from what I had imagined.
— from In Silk Attire: A Novel by William Black

had its desired effect for

" The queen simply took no notice of the compliment, but it had its desired effect, for she changed the tone of her talk a little, speaking more seriously.
— from Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

heretofore in distinct efforts for

I have thought it possible for women to do more than they have heretofore in distinct efforts for their own sex; that some new effort might be made to efficiently supplement the work of schools and churches.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 34, No. 1, January, 1880 by Various

have its distal end formed

Each of the metacarpals is seen in the young animal to have its distal end formed by a prominent epiphysis, and each of the phalanges, except those bearing the claws, has a similar epiphysis at its proximal end.
— from The Vertebrate Skeleton by Sidney H. (Sidney Hugh) Reynolds

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