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I must pause upon the expression
I must pause upon the expression; because the true nature of anarchy is mostly misapprehended.
— from Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

I must pick up the eend
Howsomedever that is neither this way nor that, for I must pick up the eend of my yarn at a shorter beginning.
— from Barney Blake, the Boy Privateer; or, The Cruise of the Queer Fish by Herrick Johnstone

In many places unsuited to extensive
(10) In many places unsuited to extensive grazing or agriculture spectabilis does no appreciable damage.
— from Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Walter P. (Walter Penn) Taylor

in my paper Upon the Early
To this question an answer was attempted in my paper, Upon the Early Stages of the Development of Vertebrates
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

in military prison until the end
David Walker, Paul Long, and Charley Hiskett, of the Third Ohio, go with him to Nashville, where he is to be confined in military prison until the end of the war.
— from The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by John Beatty

it may pour upon the eyes
from whatever sun or star it may pour upon the eyes, from whatever country or clime it may penetrate the understanding or the heart!
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 02 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

is made passing under the edge
Now the nursery is nearly ready; but a passage-way is made, passing under the edge of the shell, and then, to make things quite safe, the whole roof is covered with sand: it then looks more like a bump in the sand than a fish-nursery.
— from Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. by R. Cadwallader Smith

is more particularly used to express
This is more particularly used to express the kind of work, put in the head of a rocket.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

it may prove useful to enter
In describing a few of the characteristics of the old ideology and the old society which may assist the clarification of the principle of democracy, it may prove useful to enter into a brief examination of what the word may mean in the West, to refer to some of the ideas and institutions of old China that were or were not in accord with the Western notion of democracy, and, finally, to see what connection Sun Yat-sen's theory of democracy may have either with the Western term or with elements in the Chinese background.
— from The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger


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