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limitation or rather enlargement of

V. I may add as a fifth limitation, or rather enlargement of this system, that general rules have a great influence upon pride and humility, as well as on all the other passions.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Life of Reason expressing outwardly

In all these ways people attempt more or less seriously to lead the Life of Reason, expressing outwardly allegiance to whatever in their minds has come to stand for the ideal.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

later one rounded elbow on

'And I think.' said the Flower scornfully an hour later, one rounded elbow on the snoring carcass, 'that he is no more than a pig of an Afghan horse-dealer, with no thought except women and horses.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

life of Roger Earl of

In T. Morrice’s life of Roger, Earl of Orrery, prefixed to Orrery’s “State Letters” (Dublin, 1743, vol.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

lake or rather expansion of

These lots, forming altogether a compact farm of three hundred and sixty acres, were situated on the sloping banks of a beautiful lake, or, rather, expansion of the river Otonabee, about half-a-mile wide, and studded with woody islets.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

lot of retired English officers

He had picked out a lot of retired English officers for positions, and among them I met Colonel Swire, Colonel Norton, Colonel Alix, and a fire-eating, devil-may-care Irishman named Briscoe, who had been in the Guards, and who was the life and soul of the club.
— from Under the Red Crescent Adventures of an English Surgeon with the Turkish Army at Plevna and Erzeroum 1877-1878 by John Sandes

line of religion ethics or

This application of the Principle of SPIRITUALITY must have its outlet in every life, whether it be in the line of religion, ethics or morals.
— from Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration, Book one by C. J. (Casper James) Coffman

lack of reliable evidence of

It is considered important to call attention, not only to the lack of reliable evidence of the therapeutic value of passiflora, but also to the absurdity of the claims which are made for Daniel’s Concentrated Tincture of Passiflora, a preparation which has been already refused recognition.
— from The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)

Lumbroso of Rome editor of

My heartfelt thanks are due to Lord Acton, Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge, for advice of the highest importance; to Mr. Hubert Hall of the Public Record Office, for guidance in my researches there; to Baron Lumbroso of Rome, editor of the "Bibliografia ragionata dell' Epoca Napoleonica," for hints on Italian and other affairs; to Dr. Luckwaldt, Privat Docent of the University of Bonn, and author of "Oesterreich und die Anfänge des Befreiungs-Krieges," for his very scholarly revision of the chapters on German affairs; to Mr. F.H.E. Cunliffe, M.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, for valuable advice on the campaigns of 1800, 1805, and 1806; to Professor Caudrillier of Grenoble, author of "Pichegru," for information respecting the royalist plot; and to Messrs. J.E. Morris, M.A., and E.L.S. Horsburgh, B.A., for detailed communications concerning Waterloo, [pg.XI]
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

line of road except one

Further, that they would find "an abundant supply of wood, water, and pasturage along the whole line of road, except one dry drive of thirty miles, or forty at most; that they would have no difficult cañons to pass; and that the road was generally smooth, level, and hard."
— from The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

lightning often resemble each other

Myths of the daybreak and myths of the lightning often resemble each other so closely that, except by a delicate philological analysis, it is difficult to distinguish the one from the other.
— from Myths and Myth-Makers Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by John Fiske

loss of religious enthusiasm or

Have they experienced any loss of religious enthusiasm or witnessed any defeat in their religious belief by declaring that His Holiness Moses was a prophet of God, that the torah was a Book of God and that all the prophets of Israel were prophets of God?
— from Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

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