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little ones from their earliest days
Work ye for the guidance of the women in that land, teach the young girls and the children, so that the mothers may educate their little ones from their earliest days, thoroughly train them, rear them to have a goodly character and good morals, guide them to all the virtues of humankind, prevent the development of any behaviour that would be worthy of blame, and foster them in the embrace of Bahá’í education.
— from Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

looked on from two entirely different
But if we examine the real purposes and presuppositions of the various sciences, we must recognize that the human experience can be looked on from two entirely different points of view.
— from Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg

little ones from their earliest days
[37] 38: Work ye for the guidance of the women in that land, teach the young girls and... Work ye for the guidance of the women in that land, teach the young girls and the children, so that the mothers may educate their little ones from their earliest days, thoroughly train them, rear them to have a goodly character and good morals, guide them to all the virtues of humankind, prevent the development of any behaviour that would be worthy of blame, and foster them in the embrace of Bahá’í education.
— from A Compilaton on Women by Universal House of Justice

looked out for the Eider Duck
The night was dark, but clear, and they looked out for the Eider Duck , and fancied they could distinguish her in the offing, about a mile out.
— from Boscobel; or, the royal oak: A tale of the year 1651 by William Harrison Ainsworth

look out for them every day
However, I still look out for them every day, and so does Anthon Kolb.
— from Records of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries by Albrecht Dürer

loss or fraud that eighteen days
And under date of 18th April, Lord Harris having confirmed that " Major-General Floyd , with all the cavalry and three battalions of Native Infantry, marches to-morrow morning towards Caveriporam to meet Colonel Read, and escort his benjarries to camp," explains that "their arrival is of the utmost consequence, as, on measuring our bags to ascertain the rice they really contained, they were found so much diminished, by loss or fraud, that eighteen days provisions for the fighting men, at half allowance, is all that remains in camp; our supplies must, therefore, arrive before the 6th of May, to save us from extreme distress."
— from A report of Major Hart's case, of rice-frauds, near Seringapatam by W. H. Inglis

lake of fire that extended downtown
I took a last swing around, got the spaceport people gathering up wax and hauling it away, and the broken lake of fire that extended downtown from where the stacks had been, and then I floated my jeep over to the sandwich-and-coffee stand and let down, getting out.
— from Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper

laid on for this especial day
The last time it was ordered there had been a riot among the starving, infested prisoners; earth had been thrown over the protruding bones of the dear lamented dead in the cemetery; the water of the ablution places in the mosque had been changed; the ragged policemen had new putties; the kourbashes of the tax-gatherers were hid in their yeleks; the egregious Pasha wore a greasy smile, and the submudir, as he conducted Fielding—"whom God preserve and honour!"—through the prison and through the hospital, where goat's milk had been laid on for this especial day, smirked gently through the bazaar above his Parisian waistcoat.
— from Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 1 by Gilbert Parker


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