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had occurred which induced Tom to

But about a year ago, something had occurred which induced Tom to test his uncle Glegg's friendly disposition.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

health on which I took the

At dessert he complimented me on my good health, on which I took the opportunity, and told him that appearances were deceitful, and that I should be glad to consult him the next day.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Hebrides or Western Islands to the

The people live together in glens or bottoms, where they are sheltered from the cold and storms of winter: but there is a margin of plain ground spread along the sea side, which is well inhabited and improved by the arts of husbandry; and this I take to be one of the most agreeable tracts of the whole island; the sea not only keeps it warm, and supplies it with fish, but affords one of the most ravishing prospects in the whole world; I mean the appearance of the Hebrides, or Western Islands to the number of three hundred, scattered as far as the eye can reach, in the most agreeable confusion.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

heart of wreak in thee that

Then if thou hast A heart of wreak in thee, that wilt revenge Thine own particular wrongs and stop those maims Of shame seen through thy country, speed thee straight And make my misery serve thy turn.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

his opinion which I take to

I had had the vanity to ascribe all to my Dialogue ; however, not knowing but that he might be in the right, I let him enjoy his opinion, which I take to be generally the best way in such cases.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

have one who is there to

There is no theatre, no opera there; and if they really wished to have one, who is there to sing?
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

herself out was in thinking that

Her only pleasure now in decking herself out was in thinking that her mother would take delight in seeing her dressed.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

his own which in their turn

[It may seem somewhat remarkable, that Bernard of Clairvaux, who records so many miracles of his friend St. Malachi, never takes any notice of his own, which, in their turn, however, are carefully related by his companions and disciples.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

hurried off with it to the

Ilmarinen quickly forged a magic rake, and she hurried off with it to the gloomy river Tuoni, praying as she went: 'O Sun, whom Ukko hath created, shine for me now with magic power into the kingdom of death, into dark Manala, and lull all the evil spirits there to sleep.'
— from Finnish Legends for English Children by R. Eivind

hurried on with it to the

Among the Jews who came to John to confess and repent of their sins, and wash them away in the Jordan, was one named Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee; and he, as soon as John was imprisoned and murdered by Herod, caught up the lamp, if I may use a metaphor, which had fallen from the hands of the stricken saint, and hurried on with it to the same goal.
— from The Historical Christ; Or, An investigation of the views of Mr. J. M. Robertson, Dr. A. Drews, and Prof. W. B. Smith by F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis) Conybeare

heads of water in the three

During the week previous he and his foremen had reviewed the situation, examining the state of the ice, the heads of water in the three dams.
— from The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White

his offence without injury to the

I will see this Richard Hargrave, and if I can overlook his offence without injury to the discipline of the ship, I will gladly do so.”
— from The Rival Crusoes by William Henry Giles Kingston

hopefully Our work in the Telugu

After fifty years of work they write hopefully: “Our work in the Telugu mission is a blessed one.
— from The Story of Lutheran Missions by Elsie Singmaster

his own way in this town

[Pg 170] "No use to come, second hand, fur a girl like that when a handsome young feller like Phil Baronet, who's run things his own way in this town sence he was a little feller, 's got the inside track.
— from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

had one whom I took to

He had one, whom I took to be a renegade Englishman, with him, to aid in the examination, though, as this man never spoke in my presence, I was unable precisely to ascertain who he was.
— from Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper

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