The violence of her feelings, which must wear her out, may be easily kept in irritation.
— from Lady Susan by Jane Austen
There are so many that I get names mixed, but Emily Kingsley is the same as ever, and such a joy to meet again.
— from Seeing France with Uncle John by Anne Warner
Facts and their relations to one another must be ever kept in sight.
— from Woman under socialism by August Bebel
The cov'nant we this moment make, Be ever kept in mind; We will no more our God forsake, Or cast his words behind.
— from 'Our Guy' or, The elder brother by Boyd, E. E., Mrs.
They may be easily kept in the house, either caged or not, feeding them on oats, bread, hemp, and other seeds.
— from The Natural History of Cage Birds Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them. by Johann Matthäus Bechstein
The programme of the Negro race, that must be ever kept in mind as a factor to be dealt with, is the obtaining of all the rights and privileges accorded by the State to other American citizens.
— from The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs
And every practical man—every man who knows the scene of action—will agree that our system of banking, based on a single reserve in the Bank of England, cannot be altered, or a system of many banks, each keeping its own reserve, be substituted for it.
— from Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market by Walter Bagehot
“Oh, it's none of my business,” exclaimed Keating, impatiently.
— from Ranson's Folly by Richard Harding Davis
"And I, and I, my brother!" exclaimed Kamuso in his loud braggadocio manner as he awkwardly lifted a third.
— from Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
The systematic cleaning and washing out of all native dwellings at least once in three months with a flea killing mixture made by emulsifying kerosene in water.
— from Plague Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension, Its Menace, Its Control and Suppression, Its Diagnosis and Treatment by Thomas Wright Jackson
“The whole body of the clergy should be taxed once for all, like the body of the laity: what tax the clergy can pay {181} may be easily known; it is only taking an account of the several sums which the clergy has paid for these last twenty years; the twentieth part of the amount will be a fair yearly tax, as in twenty years an exact calculation may be made of the periodical wants of the state.
— from Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour (vol. 1 of 2) by Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de
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