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might disapprove of the

Again, probably few would stigmatise a legal polygynous connexion as impure, however they might disapprove of the law and of the state of society in which such a law was established: but if legal Polygyny is not impure, is Polyandry, when legal and customary—as is not unfrequently the case among the lower races of man—to be so characterised?
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

most difficult of the

The great principle of housekeeping is regularity; and without this (one of the most difficult of the minor virtues to practice) all efforts to promote order must be ineffectual.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

my dependence on that

Yet, plain as Mrs. Brown's views were now come out, I had not the heart, or spirit to open my eyes to them: still I could not part with my dependence on that beldam, so much did I think myself hers, soul and body: or rather, I sought to deceive myself with the continuation of my good opinion of her, and choose to wait the worst at her hands, sooner than be turned out to starve in the streets, without a penny of money or a friend to apply to these fears were my folly.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

moved dizzily out to

Somehow Anne—who did not notice the rather guilty little start of surprise the white-lace girl gave, and would not have understood the subtle compliment implied therein if she had—got on her feet, and moved dizzily out to the front.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

MILITARY DIVISION OF THE

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, IN THE FIELD, NEAR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, January 2, 1865.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

meagre description of this

Although venesection is one of the most frequently mentioned operations, and although the phlebotome is one of the most frequently named instruments, we have no passage giving even the most meagre description of this instrument.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

most deserving of the

On this momentous occasion, the public voice, and the modesty of Abu Obeidah, restored the command to the most deserving of the Moslems.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

mild degree of this

He found a deficiency of calcium in the bones of animals suffering from even a mild degree of this disorder.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

mountain districts of the

The next spring hosts of intending emigrants left the upper mountain districts of the country....
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

mythological deluge or the

They have, too, their mythological deluge, or the incarnation of Vishnu into a fish.
— from Watson Refuted Being an Answer to the Apology for the Bible, in a Series of Letters to the Bishop Of Llandaff by Samuel W. (Samuel Ward) Francis

more days on the

It wasn't pluck or vaccine or anything, but just that I had to live more days on the earth.
— from Ann and Her Mother by O. Douglas

mysterious disappearance of the

Nevertheless, he was deeply concerned over the mysterious disappearance of the lad.
— from The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks; Or, The Secret of Ruby Mountain by Frank Gee Patchin

may draw out the

They will then lead thee to the Schumnu Chan, that you may draw out the arrow from his eyes; then lay hands upon the arrow, scatter seven sorts of grain towards heaven, and drive the arrow yet deeper into his head.’
— from Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental by Charles John Tibbitts

might demand of their

It defined the services which he had the right to demand of them, and which they in turn might demand of their vassals.
— from The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) by George Burton Adams

me Duke of Truro

Wherefore did his Grace (saving the reverence due) not likewise make me Duke of Truro or Marquis of Bodmin?
— from Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt

mighty Dunciad of the

shall three estates command, And make one mighty Dunciad of the land !
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

most dangerous of the

Frederic's earlier suspicion began to rise stronger than ever; he still clung obstinately to the idea that the strangers were spies, and that the "American Miss" was the most dangerous of the three.
— from A Hero of the Pen by E. Werner

make digests of them

For Hugh Gordon had been sending her books treating of the sociological questions in which she had long taken an intellectual interest and had asked her to make digests of them for him, to tell him what she thought of them and to write him at length upon such of their contents as seemed to her of particular consequence.
— from The Fate of Felix Brand by Florence Finch Kelly

much difficulty owing to

Then the three made their way with much difficulty, owing to the darkness, to the top of the canyon.
— from The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Novel by Frank Aubrey

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