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in the establishment showed the
Every servant in the establishment showed the same feeling, and in their way did what they could.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

into the earth saw the
The so celebrated art of divination amongst the Tuscans took its beginning thus: A labourer striking deep with his cutter into the earth, saw the demigod Tages ascend, with an infantine aspect, but endued with a mature and senile wisdom.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

In the early spring the
In the early spring the Obrutchanovo peasants were sawing wood near the station.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

intend to embarque sooner than
was dated June 22nd, 1661: “Charles R. Whereas his Maj. is resolved to declare, under his Royall hand and seale, the most illustrious Lady Infanta of Portugall to be his lawfull wife, before the Treaty shall be signed by the King of Portugall; which is to be done only for the better expediting the marriage, without sending to Rome for a dispensation, which the laws of Portugall would require if the said most Illustrious Infanta were to be betrothed in that Kingdome,” &c.] and that the Queen do not intend to embarque sooner than tomorrow come fortnight.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

instant this exclamation seemed to
He might be pardoned if for an instant this exclamation seemed to him to sound the infernal note, and it is not on record that her motive for discharging such a shaft had been of the clearest.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

is truly enough said that
It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.
— from On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

in the ear sentiment that
Sometimes there are associations with our visit of a still sweeter and softer character, but on these we need not dwell: glances that cannot be forgotten, and tones that linger in the ear; sentiment that subdues the soul, and flirtation that agitates the fancy.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

In the early summer they
In the early summer they would be in Texas, and as the crops were ready they would follow north with the season, ending with the fall in Manitoba.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

in the evening sleep till
His habit was to go to bed at six in the evening, sleep till twelve, and, after, to rise and write for nearly twelve hours at a stretch, imbibing coffee as a stimulant through these spells of composition."
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

insisted that each should tie
He strengthened the raft and fastened to it their arms and blankets, and then to prevent their being washed off, or lost if they fell overboard, he insisted that each should tie a rope about his waist, the other end being fastened to the logs.
— from Lost in the Cañon The Story of Sam Willett's Adventures on the Great Colorado of the West by A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) Calhoun

in these experiments shows that
The data obtained in these experiments shows that 29,940 h.p. is required to operate the Ninth avenue railroad for the 16 hours' service, or an average of 1,871 h.p. per hour, or 2,181 h.p., adding station friction.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

in the ether Sails the
Passage-way for England's lion, Unborn ages may it be; While above him, in the ether, Sails the Eagle of the Free!
— from Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

indicating the Ecclesiastical sections throughout
(Wittenberg, 1803,) is distinguished by the valuable peculiarity of indicating the Ecclesiastical sections throughout, in the manner of an ancient MS.; and that, with extraordinary fulness and accuracy.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

in the ensuing singles the
The Juniors had “picnicked” the Seniors, and the Seniors the Juniors; the cottage tennis finals had been played off, Overlook winning the doubles, and Bess Shepard being proclaimed the champion in the ensuing singles; the Senior ivy had been planted against the wall of the Retreat, and the old trowel presented with fitting remarks to the Junior president.
— from The Girl from the Big Horn Country by Mary Ellen Chase

is the earliest source to
The remark of the Rabbi quoted in "Daniel Deronda" carries the proverb back apparently to a Jewish origin; and it is, indeed, more than probable that the Rabbinical literature is the earliest source to which this piece of folk-philosophy can be traced.
— from The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Israel Abrahams

in the Ethics shown to
That, therefore, which the Dialectic recognized as possible is in the Ethics shown to be real: Whoever seeks to fulfill his moral destiny—and this is the duty of every man—must not doubt concerning the conditions of its possible fulfillment, must, in spite of their incomprehensibility, believe in freedom and a suprasensible world.
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

in the eyes she turned
There were tears in the eyes she turned on him.
— from Mrs. Bindle: Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Herbert George Jenkins

im talk e says thats
Youre to let im talk, e says: thats what es for.
— from Press Cuttings by Bernard Shaw


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