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Till the date at which the last chapter closes, M. Paul had not been my professor—he had not given me lessons, but about that time, accidentally hearing me one day acknowledge an ignorance of some branch of education (I think it was arithmetic), which would have disgraced a charity-school boy, as he very truly remarked, he took me in hand, examined me first, found me, I need not say, abundantly deficient, gave me some books and appointed me some tasks.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë
It is necessary to observe carefully, as the peculiar opposed action of these muscles is not nearly so plain in children, owing to their foreheads not easily wrinkling, as in adults.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
MEPHISTOPHELES I notice no such thing, I vow!
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Methinks I need not spend much pains in bringing this to thy mind, since, even when she was still with thee, even while she was caressing thee, thou usedst to assail her in manly terms, to rebuke her, with maxims drawn from my holy treasure-house.
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
Of inward medicines I need not speak; use the same cordials as before.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
If each person were allowed to choose between his own destruction and that of the rest of mankind, I need not say what the decision would be in most cases.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer
are ye all lost to me—must I never, never see ye more!'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
“Now, if I go, they will be claiming acquaintance with me in Newport next summer.
— from Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
At Erlangen, for example, Hagen found that among insane women the preponderance of the single over the married is not nearly so great as among insane men, marriage appearing to exert a much more marked prophylactic influence in the case of men than of women.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis
[117] , observes, when alluding to this event; "The news of your success could not have reached England at a season more advantageous for the increase of your reputation; a season in which there was a general clamour and indignation for the ignominy that had been brought on our arms by the losses in the Mediterranean and North America, of which you will hear so much: I need not say any thing.
— from The Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. 2 (of 3) Collected from the Family Papers Communicated by the Earl of Powis by John Malcolm
State elections, first Wednesday in April; congressional, and presidential, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 36; Representatives, 72; sessions annual; meeting last Tuesday in May, at Newport, and an adjourned session annually at Providence; limit of session, none; terms of Senators and Representatives, 1 year each.
— from Alden's Handy Atlas of the World Including One Hundred and Thirty-eight Colored Maps, Diagrams, Tables, Etc. by John B. (John Berry) Alden
I want no star in Heaven to guide me, I need no sun, no moon to shine, While I have you, dear love, beside me, While I know that you are mine.
— from Wild Honey: Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
I know that revenge by anger and by the cruel "eye for an eye" measure is never, never sweet.
— from Evening Round-Up More Good Stuff Like Pep by William Crosbie Hunter
State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 32; Representatives, 100; sessions of legislature biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting first Wednesday in January; limit of session, none; terms of Senators and Representatives, 2 years each.
— from Alden's Handy Atlas of the World Including One Hundred and Thirty-eight Colored Maps, Diagrams, Tables, Etc. by John B. (John Berry) Alden
Hence the land trends to the north-west towards Cape Gloucester; the shore was very indistinctly seen, but seemed to be very much indented, and to possess several bays, if not rivers; for the land at the back is very high, and must give rise to several mountain, if not navigable, streams.
— from Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Philip Parker King
And must I not now struggle to repair the wrong done you by one of my family without my knowledge?"
— from The Usurper: An Episode in Japanese History by Judith Gautier
Niue most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board Norfolk Island tourism NA%, subsistence agriculture NA% Northern Mariana Islands NA Norway services 74%, industry 22%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4% (1995)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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