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no anchorite of Indian superstition ever

No monk of Mount Athos or silent Chartreuse, no anchorite of Indian superstition, ever more completely mortified the flesh, or turned his back more decidedly upon the "good things" of this life.
— from Old Portraits and Modern Sketches Part 1 from Volume VI of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier by John Greenleaf Whittier

not admit of images still entertained

The Christians of India, though they did not admit of images, still entertained the greatest veneration for the cross.
— from The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

nonentity and on its side existence

Therefore they could not originate from nonentity; and, on its side, existence could not be deprived of intelligence and life.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

nor any of its statutes ever

This strange Parliament at once declared that its judgments should never be reversed, nor any of its statutes ever repealed.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses by Anonymous

not at others in some experiments

The protuberant parts of objects appeared to him depressed, and the depressed parts protuberant: but what perplexed him extremely, this illusion took place at some times and not at others, in some experiments and not in others, and appeared to some eyes and not to others.
— from Letters on Natural Magic; Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by David Brewster

now await or I shall extract

But I shall either learn your opinion from the letter I now await: or I shall extract another letter from you.
— from Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

narrowness and of its subsequent extension

And what is the cause of its original narrowness and of its subsequent extension?
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

nine after one it scarcely ever

In Tigré it is a good harvest that produces nine after one, it scarcely ever is known to produce ten; or more than three after one, for peas.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 3 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce

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