May Chester was rather jealous of Amy because the latter was a greater favorite than herself, and, just at this time, several trifling circumstances occurred to increase the feeling. — from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
She afterwards became jealous of a beautiful maiden called Scylla, who was beloved by Poseidon, and in order to revenge herself she threw some herbs into a well where Scylla was bathing, which had the effect of metamorphosing her into a monster of terrible aspect, having twelve feet, six heads with six long necks, and a voice which resembled the bark of a dog. — from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens
jostle one another but
For as those who are initiated come together at first with confusion and noise and jostle one another, but when the mysteries are being performed and exhibited, they give their attention with awe and silence, so also at the commencement of philosophy you will see round its doors much confusion and assurance and prating, some rudely and violently jostling their way to reputation, but he who once enters in, and sees the great light, as when shrines are open to view, assumes another air and is silent and awe-struck, and in humility and decorum follows reason as if she were a god. — from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch
‘Yes,’ said my mother, but half apprehending her drift; ‘but you would not judge of a boy by yourself—and, my dear Mrs. Graham, let me warn you in good time against the error—the fatal error, I may call it—of taking that boy’s education upon yourself. — from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
just once again but
Sometimes when, after kissing me, she opened the door to go, I longed to call her back, to say to her "Kiss me just once again," but I knew that then she would at once look displeased, for the concession which she made to my wretchedness and agitation in coming up to me with this kiss of peace always annoyed my father, who thought such ceremonies absurd, and she would have liked to try to induce me to outgrow the need, the custom of having her there at all, which was a very different thing from letting the custom grow up of my asking her for an additional kiss when she was already crossing the threshold. — from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
jungle of Amazon Basin
Navassa Island: raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high) Nepal: Terai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north Netherlands: mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast Netherlands Antilles: generally hilly, volcanic interiors New Caledonia: coastal plains with interior mountains New Zealand: predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains Nicaragua: extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes Niger: predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north Nigeria: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north Niue: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau Norfolk Island: volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains Northern Mariana Islands: southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic Norway: glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north Oman: central desert plain, rugged mountains in north and south Pacific Ocean: surface currents in the northern Pacific are dominated by a clockwise, warm-water gyre (broad circular system of currents) and in the southern Pacific by a counterclockwise, cool-water gyre; in the northern Pacific, sea ice forms in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk in winter; in the southern Pacific, sea ice from Antarctica reaches its northernmost extent in October; the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East Pacific Rise, while the western Pacific is dissected by deep trenches, including the Mariana Trench, which is the world's deepest Pakistan: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west Palau: varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs Palmyra Atoll: very low Panama: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills Papua New Guinea: mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills Paracel Islands: mostly low and flat Paraguay: grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere Peru: western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) Philippines: mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands Pitcairn Islands: rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs Poland: mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border Portugal: mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south Puerto Rico: mostly mountains, with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas Qatar: mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel Reunion: mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast Romania: central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps Russia: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions Rwanda: mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east Saint Helena: Saint Helena - rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains note: the other islands of the group have a volcanic origin Saint Kitts and Nevis: volcanic with mountainous interiors Saint Lucia: volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys Saint Pierre and Miquelon: mostly barren rock Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: volcanic, mountainous Samoa: narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior San Marino: rugged mountains Sao Tome and Principe: volcanic, mountainous Saudi Arabia: mostly uninhabited, sandy desert Senegal: generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast Seychelles: Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs Sierra Leone: coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east Singapore: lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve Slovakia: rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south Slovenia: a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountain and valleys with numerous rivers to the east Solomon Islands: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls Somalia: mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north South Africa: vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes Southern Ocean: the Southern Ocean is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 meters over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep - its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters (the global mean is 133 meters); the Antarctic icepack grows from an average minimum of 2.6 million square kilometers in March to about 18.8 million square kilometers in September, better than a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (21,000 km in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's largest ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters of water per second - 100 times the flow of all the world's rivers Spain: large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north Spratly Islands: flat Sri Lanka: mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior Sudan: generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west Suriname: mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps Svalbard: wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts Swaziland: mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains Sweden: mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west Switzerland: mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes Syria: primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west Tajikistan: Pamir and Alay mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest Tanzania: plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south Thailand: central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere Togo: gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes Tokelau: low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons Tonga: most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base Trinidad and Tobago: mostly plains with some hills and low mountains Tromelin Island: low, flat, and — from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
justify our analogies by
The vital tasks of all organisms must be considered in due course, but at first it is necessary to justify our analogies by analyzing the structural characteristics of animals and plants, just as we might study locomotives in a mechanical museum before we should see how they work upon the rails. — from The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope by Henry Edward Crampton
justice or assassinated by
He was forbidden all correspondence or intercourse with his fellow subjects: he was cast off and rejected by his friends, and in constant danger either of being captured by the officers of justice, or assassinated by his enemies. — from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.
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