The faint light was just enough to enable Raoul to distinguish the shape of things around him.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
No longer song, or story, or merry jest enlivened the evening rest time, but a hush was over the encampment such as follows a great battle when many have fallen.
— from Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
.23 4 Total $1.13 5 $15.59 1 Gilbert, Chester G., and Pogue, Joseph E., The energy resources of the United States—A field for reconstruction: Bull.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
It is made of six plates of gold, joined end to end, richly chased, and set with splendid jewels.
— from A Year in Europe by Walter W. (Walter William) Moore
Yes, but just enough to enjoy rest.
— from The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker Ventures and adventures; sixty-three years of pioneer life in the old Oregon country; an account of the author's trip across the plains with an ox team; return trip, 1906-7; his cruise on Puget Sound, 1853; trip through the Natchess pass, 1854; over the Chilcoot pass; flat-boating on the Yukon, 1898. The Oregon trail. by Ezra Meeker
Sorrow and joy, every thought, every resolve, appear changed when we contemplate ourselves in this way.
— from The Way of Initiation; or, How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds by Rudolf Steiner
It extends from Siberia to Nubia, and thus just enters the Ethiopian region.
— from Mammalia by Frank E. (Frank Evers) Beddard
An inaccurate time study means either little or no reward if the inaccuracy results in increasing the difficulty of the job; while if it makes the job easy, then excessive rewards are earned.
— from A Rational Wages System Some Notes on the Method of Paying the Worker a Reward for Efficiency in Addition to Wages by Henry Atkinson
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