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name Egypt be extended as

If the name Egypt be extended, as it is by the other Hellenes, to the upper course of the Nile, it is then possible to retain the Nile as a boundary, saying that half of Egypt belongs to Asia and half to Libya, and disregarding the Delta (ch. 17).
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

not eternal but evolved and

So that all our mechanical laws would be not eternal, but evolved, and would have survived innumerable different mechanical laws, or that they had attained supremacy in isolated corners of the world and not in others?—It would seem that we need caprice, actual lawlessness, and only a capacity for law, a primeval state of stupidity which is not even able to concern itself with mechanics?
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

n endowed by Ethelred and

Bardney, Monastery of, 123 n., 157 , 158 , 224 , 241 n.; endowed by Ethelred and Osthryth, 157 ; burial place of Oswald, 157 , 158 .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

nature either by extending a

It was not such a shore as is usually formed by nature, either by extending a vast carpet of sand, or by grouping masses of rock, but a beautiful border consisting of the most splendid trees.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

not excitable by electricity and

[93] A few years ago one of the strongest arguments for the theory that the hemispheres are purely supernumerary was Soltmann's often-quoted observation that in new-born puppies the motor zone of the cortex is not excitable by electricity and only becomes so in the course of a fortnight, presumably after the experiences of the lower centres have educated it to motor duties.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

near Elizabeth began enquiring after

The bride and her mother could neither of them talk fast enough; and Wickham, who happened to sit near Elizabeth, began enquiring after his acquaintance in that neighbourhood, with a good humoured ease, which she felt very unable to equal in her replies.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

narrowly escaped being electrocuted and

I do not propose here and now to state the circumstances in which, on leaving the White House, I was kidnapped by some emissaries of Count Bernstorff , and ultimately consigned to the Tombs in New York on a false charge of manslaughter; how I narrowly escaped being electrocuted, and was subsequently deported to Bermuda as an undesirable alien.
— from Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 by Various

not enlisted but either alone

"Nevertheless it is the only one; except that our child's heart is not enlisted; but either alone would be insuperable."
— from Elsie's children by Martha Finley

NUMBER EXISTS BEFORE EVERY ANIMAL

NUMBER EXISTS BEFORE EVERY ANIMAL, AND THE UNIVERSAL ANIMAL.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

nothing else but eating and

It was all very well sometimes; but then Patty was so ravenous, thinking of nothing else but eating, and always wanting to have what she called a feast, and making the room smell horribly of peppermint—which, in its way, is really as bad as onions.
— from A Fluttered Dovecote by George Manville Fenn

not error but error always

On the other hand, error and suggestion, error and heuristic procedure, since they have [Pg 471] in common the practical, extrinsic, and improper combination of ideas, stand in this relation to one another, that the suggestion is not error, but error always contains in itself willingly or unwillingly a suggestion.
— from Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept by Benedetto Croce

not easily be examined at

But with drains laid in straight lines, from point to point, with man holes or lamp holes at the intersections, there is no reason why the whole system may not easily be examined at any time and stoppages quickly removed.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various

N E by E along

His general course from thence was N. E. by E. along the shore, until nine o'clock, when judging the coast must begin to trend more eastwardly, he again steered E. b. N.; the wind blowing a fresh gale at W. S. W., with a following sea.
— from A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner by Matthew Flinders

not explain by even a

He could not, he dared not explain, by even a single word, the cause of that sacrifice; he could not tell her what had happened; he could not even have the blessing of weeping with her over their blighted hopes.
— from The Gipsy: A Tale (Vols I & II) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

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