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is not far one crosses a

It is not far; one crosses a strip of sea in a steamer and lands on foreign soil, as this little island belongs to England.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

inured not feel Or changed at

Our purer essence then will overcome Their noxious vapour; or, inured, not feel; Or, changed at length, and to the place conformed In temper and in nature, will receive Familiar the fierce heat; and, void of pain, This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what change Worth waiting—since our present lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe."
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

is no family or corporate authority

There is no family or corporate authority, and it is rare to find even the influence of individual character enjoy any durability.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

importeth necessaries from other countries and

But chiefly by the inestimable commodities that grow thereby: for who knoweth not that we have extreme need of many things, whereof foreign countries have great store, and that we may spare many things whereof they have need: or who is ignorant of this, that we have no mines of silver or gold within our realm, so that the increase of our coin and bullion cometh from elsewhere; and yet nevertheless we be both fed, clad, and otherwise served with foreign commodities and delights, as plentiful as with our domestical; which thing cometh to pass by the mean of merchandise only, which importeth necessaries from other countries, and exporteth the superfluities of our own.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

in native force of character are

Here I had an early opportunity of observing the natural character and tendencies of merely literary society—by which society I mean all such as, having no strong distinctions in power of thinking or in native force of character, are yet raised into circles of pretension and mark by the fact of having written a book, or of holding a notorious connexion with some department or other of the periodical press.
— from The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II by Thomas De Quincey

if not found other camels are

Moreover, he begs to inform me that he has sent for our lost camels to the districts where they are supposed to [327] be detained, with a peremptory order, that if they are not immediately given up they are to be seized by force, and if not found, other camels are to be confiscated instead of them.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

is no fear of callers arriving

“We may as well leave that collection of old metal in the porch,” said Virginia, “since there is no fear of callers arriving and putting us to the blush this afternoon.”
— from Between the Larch-woods and the Weir by Flora Klickmann

if necessary for our country and

This officer was doing his duty in fulfilling his chief's commands; let us do ours by dying, if necessary, for our country and the preservation of our rights.'
— from Gerfaut — Volume 2 by Charles de Bernard

is no fear of contagion as

I have assured the lady there is no fear of contagion, as under my orders everything will be thoroughly disinfected.
— from Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten by Marie Corelli

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