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And God fulfils himself in many ways, / Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.
Another factor has undoubtedly contributed to give England a bad name among lovers of good coffee, and that is certain tinned "coffees," composed of ground coffee and chicory, mixtures that attained some vogue for a time as "French" coffee.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
You are letting a lot of good chances slip by you, because you are not as progressive and up-to-date as you ought to be.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
On painted ceilings you devoutly stare, Where sprawl the saints of Verrio or Laguerre, On gilded clouds in fair expansion lie, And bring all Paradise before your eye.
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope
Page 361, “**pis” changed to “Lapis” (ammoniac, Lapis Calaminaris) Page 361, “Litha*ge” changed to “Litharge” (Litharge of Gold, Ceruss) Page 363, “the” changed to “them” (first let them sublimate) Page 363, “Uunguentum” changed to “Unguentum” ( Unguentum Martiatum. )
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper
There were some who went so far as to envy mere physical advantages, such as health or good looks, or good condition.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian
[444] SEASONING FOR BABY TUNNY IUS IN PELAMYDE ASSA PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY, GREEN CORIANDER, ONION, SEEDLESS RAISINS
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
In the last chapter we saw that no line could be sharply drawn between municipal and individual enterprise, so that one could definitely say of one or the other, “Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further”; and this ever-changing character of the problem can be usefully illustrated in our examination of the industrial life of Garden City by reference to a form of enterprise there carried on which is neither distinctly municipal nor distinctly individualistic, but partaking, as it does, of the character of both, may be termed “semi-municipal.”
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir
For the love of God crucified!
— from The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series by Rafael Sabatini
That twinkle far away, in the direction of St. John's Vale, might it not be the light of Green Cottage—of Lydia's lamp?
— from The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
“There is one name, your lordship, among your list of guests, concerning which I wish to have a word with you,” the detective said—“the name of Mr. Peter Ruff.”
— from Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Russkaya Zhizn ("Russian Life"), newspaper in St. Petersburg, pictures sufferings of Moscow Jews, II 397 Russki Vyestnik ("Russian Herald"), Russian magazine, defends Jews, II 207 f Russki Yevrey ("The Russian Jew"), Jewish weekly in Russian, in St. Petersburg, II 221, 277 pursues moderate policy, II 332 discontinued (1884), II 372 Russo-Japanese War interrupts labor of Government Commission on Jewish Question, III 93 participation of Jews in, III 94 ff Jewish veterans of, granted universal right of residence, III 98 f Jewish surgeons in, accused of revolutionary propaganda, III 156 Jewish soldiers in, denied residence in Port Arthur, III 157 Ruthenians, or Little Russians , the, I 53 belong to Uniat Church, I 141; see Russia, Little Ruzhany (province of Grodno), ritual murder case of, I 162 Ruzhin , Israel of, hasidic leader, II 120 f Rybalenko , alleged victim of ritual murder, III 71 Sabbatai Zevi , name of, left out by Halperin, contemporary Polish-Jewish chronicler, I 201 Hayyun, emissary of, I
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow
“The old order changeth, giving place to the new; And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.”
— from The Hermits by Charles Kingsley
Far away westward, where the sun—a molten ball of fire—was sinking behind the snow-clad peaks, frowned long lines of gloomy clouds—like prison bars through which the sinking orb glowed fiercely.
— from Madame Midas by Fergus Hume
Our Holy Father Pius X has such a great devotion to Our Lady of Good Counsel that, as all Catholics know, he has added the invocation “Mater Boni Consilii, ora pro nobis,” to the Litany of the Blessed Virgin.
— from Italian Yesterdays, vol. 2 by Fraser, Hugh, Mrs.
'By the love of God, Cassandra, what are you saying? This Dionysus, whom you call God, exists not, nor did exist.' 'Did he not?' cried the girl, scornfully; 'then why teach the holy fathers, whom you reverence, that the gods, banished in the days of the conquering Jesus, were changed into most potent demons?
— from The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
It may just be added that the principle of sallying is evidently capable of still more powerful application by aiding the weight of the men, in the first instance of movement, by auxiliary loads of guns, chains, casks, or other heavy bodies transferred to one side of the deck; or, in a still higher degree, by an auxiliary mechanical force derived from a “purchase” from the ship’s lowermast, or top-mast head, to an anchor fixed in a distant part of the ice on either side.
— from Memorials of the Sea: My Father Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by William Scoresby
He laughed again at Scurlock’s up-flung arms, at his frantic shout: “For the love o’ God, captain, save us!
— from Cursed by George Allan England
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