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he is the

You must not judge him from his manner; he is the same to every one, and means nothing.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

heated in the

XXXVII 320 A gentle youth, his dearely loved Squire, His speare of heben wood behind him bare, Whose harmefull head, thrice heated in the fire, Had riven many a brest with pikehead square: A goodly person, and could menage faire 325
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

himself in the

Pour s'établir dans le monde, on fait tout ce que l'on peut pour y paraître établi —To establish himself in the world a man must do all he can to appear already established.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

had immediately transported

Renewing his enquiries concerning the fate of Ivanhoe, the only information which the cupbearer could collect from the bystanders was, that the knight had been raised with care by certain well-attired grooms, and placed in a litter belonging to a lady among the spectators, which had immediately transported him out of the press.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

Humility is the

Humility is the hall-mark of wisdom.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

hopes in this

His hopes in this respect were centred in the more strongly pronounced Slav type characteristic of the Russian peasant class.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

him in the

Though Ali Baba had seen the Captain of the robbers in the forest, he did not recognize him in the disguise of an oil merchant.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

heard inside the

It was getting on towards six o'clock, and sounds of movement were to be heard inside the building which was the haven of rest to this wearied soul.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

have in this

We have in this discrimination the genesis of mind , not of course in the transcendental sense in which the word mind is extended to mean the sum total and mere fact of existence—for mind, so taken, can have no origin and indeed no specific meaning—but the genesis of mind as a determinate form of being, a distinguishable part of the universe known to experience and discourse, the mind that unravels itself in meditation, inhabits animal bodies, and is studied in psychology.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

how I trust

By the way, talking of my Lord, who is come another and a better man than he was lately, and God be praised for it, and he says that I shall find my Lord as he used to be to me, of which I have good hopes, but I shall beware of him, I mean W. Howe, how I trust him, for I perceive he is not so discreet as I took him for, for he has told Captain Ferrers (as Mr. Moore tells me) of my letter to my Lord, which troubles me, for fear my Lord should think that I might have told him.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 25: November/December 1663 by Samuel Pepys

he increased the

In order that he might assume the attitude of master in the house, he increased the rate of expenditure there.
— from Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2 by Gustave Flaubert

hustled into the

In my haste to hide the diamonds when the woman was hustled into the carriage, I had shoved the cigars into the satchel, and the diamonds into the pocket of my coat.
— from In the Fog by Richard Harding Davis

here is the

“Stay; here is the place.
— from The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville

hands I thank

She kissed his forehead, and he left her; but outside the door, he stopped and said, with folded hands:— "I thank you.
— from Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach

horseback is the

The American cavalryman, trained to manoeuvre and fight with equal facility on foot and on horseback, is the best type of soldier for general purposes now to be found in the world.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

her into the

Whereof, accordingly, one day, having called her into the chamber, they fully apprised her, Titus for her better assurance bringing to her recollection not a little of what had passed between them.
— from The Decameron, Volume II by Giovanni Boccaccio

how indispensable to

Unless thrown on your own resources in an unsettled country or on unknown waters, you may long fail to realize how indispensable to the practical conduct of life is the knowledge of east and west and north and south.
— from An Introduction to the History of Science by Walter Libby

her in the

"Well, Queen," said G.J., who had already had several conversations with her in the galleries that day and on the previous days of preparation.
— from The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett

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