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nature and religion could submit

In short, she had taken the measure of motives hitherto unknown to herself, through this experiment, made upon the most rebellious subject that nature and religion could submit to her study.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

not a religious ceremonial sect

Freemasonry is not a religious ceremonial sect, as I thought it was: Freemasonry is the best expression of the best, the eternal, aspects of humanity.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Now as Rabesqurat came scudding

Now, as Rabesqurat came scudding by, and saw the encounter, she made the twenty hawks a hundred.
— from The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 by George Meredith

national and regional courts Suffrage

Legal system: currently transitional mix of national and regional courts Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President GIRMA Woldegiorgis (since 8 October 2001) head Prime Minister MELES Zenawi (since NA August 1995) cabinet: ministers are selected by the prime minister and approved by the House of People's Representatives elections: president elected by the House of People's Representatives for a six-year term; election last held 8 October 2001 (next to be held NA October 2007); prime minister designated by the party in power following legislative elections election results: People's Representatives - 100% Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation or upper chamber (108 seats; members are chosen by state assemblies to serve five-year terms) and the House of People's Representatives or lower chamber (548 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote from single-member districts to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 14 May 2000 (next to be held NA
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

not a real city said

"I think—I'm rather glad it is not a real city," said Margot with a long breath.
— from Days of the Discoverers by Louise Lamprey

Now at Rome Consuls Senators

" Now at Rome, Consuls, Senators, and Roman Knights, were all rushing with emulation into bondage, and the higher the quality of each the more false and forward the men; all careful so to frame their faces, as to reconcile false joy for the accession of Tiberius, with feigned sadness for the loss of Augustus: hence they intermingled fears with gladness, wailings with gratulations, and all with servile flattery.
— from The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola by Cornelius Tacitus

noble and richly caparisoned steeds

When Mary saw them, accustomed as she had been to the noble and richly caparisoned steeds of the Parisian tournaments, she was struck both with the inferiority of their breed, and the poorness of their furnishings.
— from Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell

now asked Rob Currier s

"Do you suppose they're inside there, now?" asked Rob Currier's small sister in a hushed voice.
— from The Believing Years by Edmund Lester Pearson

not a Roman cavalry soldier

Thus caught in a trap the Italian horse were completely annihilated, and so, before the heavy infantry of the two armies met each other, not a Roman cavalry soldier remained alive and unwounded on the field.
— from The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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