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have seen be constructive imagination but

There must, as we have seen, be constructive imagination, but, nevertheless, there must not be too much of it.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

he should be carried into bondage

If you could have seen what I have this morning, at sunrise, one hundred of the police of this city, contrary to the laws of the State, drilling with drawn swords, to learn to guard a man whilst he should be carried into bondage!
— from Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker

had suddenly been changed into blocks

We need not say that the peons remained motionless, as if they had suddenly been changed into blocks of granite.
— from The Gold-Seekers: A Tale of California by Gustave Aimard

had suddenly been called into being

It seemed, as someone remarked to me, that a pandemonium had suddenly been called into being.
— from Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by J. D. (John Daniel) Kestell

his studies by consequent inability by

No one can compare the faces and manners of two boys—the one made happy by mastering interesting subjects, and the other made miserable by disgust with his studies, by consequent inability, by cold looks, by threats, by punishment—without seeing that the disposition of the one is being benefited and that of the other injured.
— from Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

House shall be concurred in by

No amendment to any bill by one House shall be concurred in by the other, nor shall the report of any committee of conference be adopted in either House, except by a vote of a majority of the members elected thereto, taken by ayes and noes, and the names of those voting recorded upon the journal thereof.
— from The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc. by Thomas B. Corbett

have since been called into being

The beautiful self-action and workmanship which have since been called into being, principally by his own invention, did not then exist.
— from Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends by Edward Everett Hale

having since been cast in bronze

Mr. Story had modelled the busts of both Mr. and Mrs. Browning during their sojourns in Rome; in 1853 Harriet Hosmer had made the cast of the “clasped hands” of the poets, the model having since been cast in bronze; Mr. Page had, as already noted, painted a portrait of Robert Browning; and Mr. Leighton (afterward Sir Frederick) had made a beautiful portrait sketch of Mrs. Browning.
— from Italy, the Magic Land by Lilian Whiting

he should be considered invulnerable but

I suggest he should be considered invulnerable, but Colonel Sykes has proposed arrangements for his disablement.
— from Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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