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overcome by such continual insistence said

Like as he abode obstinate, even so Jehannot never gave over importuning him, till at last the Jew, overcome by such continual insistence, said, 'Look you, Jehannot, thou wouldst have me become a Christian and I am disposed to do it; insomuch, indeed, 26 that I mean, in the first place, to go to Rome and there see him who, thou sayest, is God's Vicar upon earth and consider his manners and fashions and
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

of bear skin cut into strips

They beheld that over the river stretched a shaggy bridge, a girdle of bear skin cut into strips.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

of Brutish states caused in some

These are instances of Brutish states, caused in some by disease or madness; take, for instance, the man who sacrificed and ate his mother, or him who devoured the liver of his fellow-servant.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

on both sides came in sight

On the morning of the 19th, Pulo Panjang, an island about three miles long, surrounded by several lesser ones, situated a little way within the entrance of the gulf, and distant from the land on both sides, came in sight.
— from The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 by George Finlayson

or been short circuited in some

The wire had either been cut or it had fallen or been short circuited in some other way.
— from The Boy Scout Aviators by George Durston

only by specific combinations in specific

In chemistry we may obtain the atomic equivalent of sulphuric acid (98) in many ways, but we can obtain the acid itself only by specific combinations in specific proportions.
— from A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Cora May Williams

of Boy Scouts caught in such

“I’ve been considering that matter,” he announced, “and trying to make up my mind just what a party of Boy Scouts, caught in such a puzzle, ought to do.
— from The Boy Scouts on the Trail; or, Scouting through the Big Game Country by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

of Baba she came in sight

Having passed the headland, north of the little town of Baba, she came in sight of Tenedos, where she anchored, and the poet went on shore to view the island.
— from The Life of Lord Byron by John Galt

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