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" But by the help of the Lord our God, even reason, and that readily enough, shatters these revolving circles which conjecture frames.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
In some parts, where the fight had been the thickest, they laid in heaps; yet, with but few exceptions, the positions of all retained a look of graceful, easy repose.
— from Richard Galbraith, Mariner; Or, Life among the Kaffirs by E. W. (Emma Watts) Phillips
The earth lay like one great emerald, ringed and roofed with sapphire: blue sea, blue mountain, blue sky overhead.
— from Daily Thoughts: selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife by Charles Kingsley
The notary's opinion of the character of his worthy colleagues, however, may be gathered from the fact that, having persuaded them to set out in advance along a road which he told them he was about to take, he immediately adopted another route, and, travelling by way of St. Maurice and the Lake of Geneva, eventually reached Soleure.
— from Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Thomas Henry Huxley
A whiffling sound was coming from a nose, to which—originally straight—attention to military duties had given a slight crook, half an inch below the level of grizzled eyebrows raised a little, as though surprised at the sounds beneath.
— from The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy
A successful performance, everything in the line of gymnastic exercise receiving copious illustrations by pen and pencil.
— from American Football by Walter Camp
For what two things is the literature of Greece equally remarkable? A.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, December 1882 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle by Chautauqua Institution
Readings in the History and Literature of Greece, England, Russia, Scandinavia, China, Japan and America.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, December 1882 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle by Chautauqua Institution
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