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men are commonly eaten and

Again, the flesh and blood of dead men are commonly eaten and drunk to inspire bravery, wisdom, or other qualities for which the men themselves were remarkable, or which are supposed to have their special seat in the particular part eaten.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

makes assimilation comparatively easy and

Admission to the primary group, that is to say, the group in which relationships are direct and personal, as, for example, in the family and in the tribe, makes assimilation comparatively easy and almost inevitable.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

moderation and constancy excepted all

I am of opinion, that order, moderation, and constancy excepted, all things are to be done by a man that is very imperfect and defective in general.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

milk and cream eggs and

He added milk and cream, eggs and country-fed pork to his stores, contenting himself whilst other retired butlers were vending spirits in public houses, by dealing in the simplest country produce.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

mouths and crystal eyes and

O Thou who blessedst poverty, and you, O suffering souls, with the simple prayers of the poor, offered before a rude picture in the light of a dim wick, or do you [ 107 ] perhaps desire wax tapers before bleeding Christs and Virgins with small mouths and crystal eyes, and masses in Latin recited mechanically by priests?
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

memory and consciousness extended and

‘Shall I tell you that the young man, who, looking back to the earliest of his childhood’s days to which memory and consciousness extended, and carrying his recollection down to that moment, could remember nothing which was not in some way connected with a long series of voluntary privations suffered by his mother for his sake, with ill-usage, and insult, and violence, and all endured for him—shall I tell you, that he, with a reckless disregard for her breaking heart, and a sullen, wilful forgetfulness of all she had done and borne for him, had linked himself with depraved and abandoned men, and was madly pursuing a headlong career, which must bring death to him, and shame to her?
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

magical and ceremonial elements as

It is clear that an institution so closely associated with magical and ceremonial elements, as is the Kula, not only rests on a firm, traditional foundation, but also has its large store of legends.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Manila and Cavite especially among

An expression used in the mongrel Spanish-Tagalog ‘market language’ of Manila and Cavite, especially among the children,—somewhat akin to the English ‘sour grapes.’—TR.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

manipulate and charlatans employ as

The strange far-off oriental words which today scholars discuss, theosophists manipulate, and charlatans employ as catchpennies were common words in the every-day speech of the Hindu people, two or three thousand years ago.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

make a certain enemy and

What sense is there in exasperating a man on whom you have conferred great favours, so as out of a doubtful friend to make a certain enemy, and one, too, who will seek to support his own cause by defaming you, or to make men say, "I do not know what the reason is that he cannot endure a man to whom he owes so much; there must be something in the background?"
— from L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Mrs Alan C Eberhart A

Mrs. Alan C. Eberhart (A); 8May64; R337287-337291.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

massive and collective enterprise and

May the elected representatives of the national Bahá’í communities entrusted with the conduct of this momentous undertaking launched on the soil of this continent, aided by the Hands of the Cause and their Auxiliary Board, reinforced by the local communities, the groups and isolated believers sharing in this massive and collective enterprise, and supported by the subsidiary agencies to be appointed for its efficient prosecution, be graciously assisted by the Lord of Hosts to contribute, in the years immediately ahead, through their concerted efforts and collective achievements, in both the teaching and administrative spheres of Bahá’í activity, to the success of this glorious Crusade, and lend a tremendous impetus to the conversion, the reconciliation and the ultimate unification of the divers and conflicting peoples, races and classes dwelling within the borders of a travailing, a sorely agitated, and spiritually famished continent.
— from Messages to the Bahá'í World: 1950–1957 by Effendi Shoghi

more a corporate existence and

Until new leaders are found, offshoots, if possible, of the old families, more faithful and trustworthy than those who so far have volunteered to guide their countrymen, how is it possible to expect a people such as the Irish have always been, to assume once more a corporate existence, and enjoy a truly national government?
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud

mind and could explain and

That he alone, of all men, understood this mind, and could explain and administer its law, and that this he could and would do were he to obtain absolute obedience to the commands which he uttered.
— from The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Brooks Adams

Mrs A C Eighteenth Avenue

[114] Stagg, Nettie 255 Hennepin Avenue, “ Shenebon, Frances S. 1113 Fourth Street Southeast, “ Siebert, Mrs. A. C. Eighteenth Avenue Southeast, “ Stillman, Miss Nellie 2120 Third Avenue South, “ Sillowey, Mrs. R. A. 1914 Fourth Street Southeast, “ Sure, Mrs. E. M. 1320 Fifth Street Southeast, “ Sheffer, Miss Ada 1811 Fourth Street North, “ Sprague, L. E. P. 6 Highland Avenue, “ Secombe, Mrs. D. A. 927 Fourth Street Southeast, “ Smith, Mrs. Thomas Corner Fifteenth Street and Spruce Place, “ Spear, Mrs. S. C. 713 Fifteenth Avenue Southeast, “ Stillman, Mrs. W. F. Oshkosh, Wis. Sewall, E. Q. 481 Carroll Street, St. Paul.
— from A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Juliet Corson

materials and Captain Eri after

Captain Perez gladly relinquished the writing materials, and Captain Eri, after two or three trials, by which he added to the paper decorations of the floor, produced the following: “Wife Wanted—By an ex-seafaring man of steady habbits.
— from Cap'n Eri by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Murray and Captains Everard and

In Lake Champlain, on the same afternoon, Colonel Murray and Captains Everard and Pringle were retaliating at Plattsburgh, Burlington, Champlain, and Swanton.
— from The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger

masses are common enough and

The egg masses are common enough, and are readily discovered by means of their bright yellow covering.
— from The Common Objects of the Country by J. G. (John George) Wood

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