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joy and never of sorrow
But tonight our lovers thought only of joy and never of sorrow.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

J a native of Silesia
Carlton , Rev. S. J., a native of Silesia, baptized in the Irish Presbyterian Mission at Hamburg, about 1892.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Jacob a native of Smyrna
Levi , Jacob, a native of Smyrna, according to the report of Dr. Buchanan, heard the Gospel from a C.M.S. missionary.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

joy and not of sorrow
Her heart was more full than it had ever been, but it was full of joy, and not of sorrow.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

joining a number of such
By joining a number of such squares together, 4 or 6 colours can be introduced into one covering with very good effect.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

jest and no one shall
I will laugh and jest, and no one shall guess that my heart is bleeding and dying with inexplicable grief.
— from Frederick the Great and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Jones a native of Sweden
In 1901 Mr. Lambert was married to Miss Alma O. Jones, a native of Sweden, and they became the parents of two children: Ruth L., who is now a high school student; and Edith E. The family occupy an attractive residence which Mr. Lambert owns.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman

jet a number of spindle
There were also glass beads and rings, a fragment of jet, a number of spindle whorls for spinning, bone combs used in weaving, and about twenty triangular-shaped bricks pierced through each corner, considered to be loom weights to keep the warp taut; more than a hundred querns or millstones, some of the corn which was ground in them (this fortunately happened to be charred and so preserved), and remains of about four hundred pots, nearly all used for domestic purposes.
— from England by Frank Fox

Jawari a native of Sulug
This was written by the poor and humble pilgrim Hajji Abdu-l-Bāqi, who hopes for forgiveness from the forgiving Lord and who was the son of Twan Hatib Jawari, a native of Sulug and follower of Shafi’i and Ash’ari.
— from Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion by Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry) Saleeby

joy and not of sorrow
There are no sneers among the trees, and the tears that fall from the flowers are tears of joy and not of sorrow.
— from The Starbucks by Opie Percival Read

judgment and not of sensation
91 I only mention here that certain modern psychologists have assigned the true law of Weber to the sphere of judgment and not of sensation.
— from The Science and Philosophy of the Organism by Hans Driesch

jaws and not one sound
And when they have sucked the comb dry, they will be so anxious that not one drop shall be lost, that they will even climb over the dead and the dying to lick up the honey these hold in their jaws, and not one sound and unharmed bee will make the slightest effort to help or relieve the victims.
— from The Children's Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck

joy and no one seems
"I am home again, my—my heart brimful of joy, and no one seems to care for it; even old Tituba stands looking at me, as if she expected to be hanged, and I had the rope somewhere about me.
— from Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

judge a natural occurrence so
Besides, one should not judge a natural occurrence so severely , especially one who is not over virtuous himself.
— from Woman and Socialism by August Bebel


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