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morning I sent Drewyer out

This morning I sent Drewyer out as soon as it was light, to try and discover what rout the Indians had taken.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

myself in some degree of

These qualifications, added to a good face and shape, acquired the esteem and acquaintance of the most considerable people in town, and I had the satisfaction to find myself in some degree of favour with the ladies; an intoxicating piece of good fortune to one of my amorous complexion!
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

may inspire some doubt of

The silence of the Greeks may inspire some doubt of the truth, or at least of the importance, of the second attempt by Oleg, the guardian of the sons of Ruric.
— 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

man is speaking disrespectfully of

"Good heavens!" said the Jew to himself, "that man is speaking disrespectfully of our lord the King, I will run and inform, and then I shall get a reward, and he will be punished as well."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

mainland is sometimes displayed on

The same law which has determined the relationship between the inhabitants of islands and the nearest mainland, is sometimes displayed on a small scale, but in a most interesting manner, within the limits of the same archipelago.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

men in similar departments of

Foreigners are not a little amazed when they hear of brewers, distillers, and men in similar departments of trade, held forth as persons of considerable consequence.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

misunderstood I should dwell on

And at the risk of being misunderstood I should dwell on and repeat that a great imaginative literatus for America can never be merely good and moral in the conventional method. Puritanism and what radiates from it must always be mention'd by me with respect; then I should say, for this vast and varied Commonwealth, geographically and artistically, the puritanical standards are constipated, narrow, and non-philosophic.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

middle I sat down on

This lane inclined up-hill all the way to Hay; having reached the middle, I sat down on a stile which led thence into a field.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

myself in some decent occupation

I resolved to be off forthwith, and try and establish myself in some decent occupation, without dancing attendance any longer upon the caprices of these eccentric old people, and running the risk of being made a genius of in the end.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

mate in some detail of

He opened his mouth to direct the mate in some detail of mooring ship, and it remained open until he half-closed it in a whistle of surprise and seized Little violently by the arm.
— from Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle

Miss Isabelle Smith daughter of

In 1863 he married Miss Isabelle Smith, daughter of an officer in the Indian Army.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1841-1850 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de

man in short directly or

The excellence of man, in short, directly or indirectly, was the point about which Greek art turned; that excellence was at once aesthetic and ethical; and the representation of what was beautiful involved also the representation of what was good.
— from The Greek View of Life by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson

might indicate some difference of

I tried the same plan with the remaining letters; but it wouldn't work, and I fancied that perhaps the placing of dots after the three last letters might indicate some difference of procedure.
— from Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James

material is sometimes Daum or

The material is sometimes Daum or other palm: there are, however, many plants in more common use; they are made of every variety in shape and colour, and are dyed red, black, and yellow,—madder from Tajurrah and alum being the matter principally used.
— from First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

movements into some degree of

All this, it is easy to see, trains his impulsive movements into some degree of subjection to the deliberative processes.
— from The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin

Madrid is seen dominating over

From all the country around, the square white mass of the royal palace of Madrid is seen dominating over the entire city, the immense building appearing, in comparison with the smaller houses around it, like a whale among minnows.
— from The Sunny South: An Autumn in Spain and Majorca by John William Clayton

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