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of Central Angoniland repair to

When the rains do not come in due season the people of Central Angoniland repair to what is called the rain-temple.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

own cruelty and rashness the

By their own cruelty and rashness, the ministers of persecution sometimes provoked their fate; and the guilt of an accidental tumult precipitated the criminals into despair and rebellion.
— 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

OF CONFEDERATION and reporting to

A FIRM NATIONAL GOVERNMENT: "Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient, that on the second Monday of May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose OF REVISING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such ALTERATIONS AND PROVISIONS THEREIN, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution ADEQUATE TO THE EXIGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

of conduct are rated the

How gladly he would essay some other kind of acts which in the general estimate of conduct are rated the best and highest, how gladly he would welcome the consciousness of well doing which ought to follow unselfish motive!
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

own condition absolutely refused to

He therefore took a resolution worthy of himself, which was, to persuade the girl that she was not with child, but only afflicted with a disorder incidental to young women, which he could easily remove: with this view (as he pretended) he prescribed for her such medicines as he thought would infallibly procure abortion; but in this scheme he was disappointed, for the maid, being advertised by me of his design, and at the same time well acquainted with her own condition, absolutely refused to follow his directions; and threatened to publish her situation to the world if he would not immediately take some method of providing for the important occasion, which she expected in a few months.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

of Committee and ruin th

Yo' just think for yo'rsel, what it mun be for father to have a' his work undone, and by such a fool as Boucher, who must needs go right again the orders of Committee, and ruin th' strike, just as bad as if he meant to be a Judas.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

or concern and referring to

The aspect of these aims in virtue of which they are valuable has been treated in our analysis of the nature of interest, and there is no difference between speaking of art as an interest or concern and referring to it as a value.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

of course am ready to

“We will continue it in the town, and I, for my part, of course, am ready to wish you all success ... in your defense....
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

of calculation and remove the

The old Arabian calendar is too dark and uncertain to support the Benedictines, (Art. de Verifer les Dates, p. 15,) who, from the day of the month and week, deduce a new mode of calculation, and remove the birth of Mahomet to the year of Christ 570, the 10th of November.
— 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

of childhood and repeat the

In short, there must be a mind, which, while it feels the beautiful and the excellent in the beloved as its own, and by right of love appropriates it, can call Goodness its Playfellow; and dares make sport of time and infirmity, while, in the person of a thousand-foldly endeared partner, we feel for aged Virtue the caressing fondness that belongs to the Innocence of childhood, and repeat the same attentions and tender courtesies which had been dictated by the same affection to the same object when attired in feminine loveliness or in manly beauty.
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 1 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

of certainty and reality that

Defects of different known systems.—The process that conducts to true theodicea, and the character of certainty and reality that this process gives to it.
— from Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin

of change Advance Reduction taking

July 14th " " 1889 " July 6th " " 1890 " July 12th " " 1891 " July 4th " " 1892 " July 23rd " " 1893 " July 29th " " 1894 " July 21st " " 1895 " July 27th " " 1896 " July 18th " " 1897 " July 24th " " 1898 " July 16th " " 1899 " July 22nd " " 1900 " July 28th " " 1901 " July 20th " " 1902 " July 26th " " 1903 " July 18th " " 1904 " July 23rd " " 1905 " July 29th " " 1906 " July 21st " " 356 APPENDIX II CHANGES IN WAGES FROM 1872 Date of change Advance Reduction taking effect per cent.
— from A History of the Durham Miner's Association 1870-1904 by John Wilson

of Cleves and rashly trusting

Holbein, whom the king had appointed his painter on the recommendation of sir Thomas More, and still retained in that capacity, was sent over to take the portrait of Anne sister of the duke of Cleves; and rashly trusting in the fidelity of the likeness, Henry soon after solicited her hand in marriage.
— from Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

of controversy a reply to

By way of facilitating the course of the exposition and of lessening the disturbing element of controversy, a reply to the objections and a defence of the evidence has been relegated to an Appendix.(1)
— from Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Andrew Lang

oppose civil authority refuse to

The best known among these are the Dukhobortsi , who deny the divinity of the Holy Ghost, strongly oppose civil authority, refuse to pray for their sovereign or the head of the orthodox church, and consider death by starvation or fire, so long as it is self-wrought, to be the highest duty.
— from The Story of Moscow by Wirt Gerrare

of consequences and ready to

She felt reckless of consequences and ready to take any course which would bring to her what she needed, full knowledge of what had led Adela Sellingworth to send her that letter.
— from December Love by Robert Hichens

other cheek after receiving the

It may be questioned whether this was the wisest course, but wisdom is often disconcerted by an indignity, and even a meek Christian may forget to turn the other cheek after receiving the first blow until the natural man has asserted himself by a retort in kind.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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