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of common prudence do

Though some particular men may sometimes increase their expense very considerably, though their revenue does not increase at all, we maybe assured that no class or order of men ever does so; because, though the principles of common prudence do not always govern the conduct of every individual, they always influence that of the majority of every class or order.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

of court poetry during

to shed considerable light on the history of court poetry during the dark age embracing the first five centuries of our era.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

of certain phenomena does

The unalterable sequence of certain phenomena does not prove any "law," but a relation of power between two or more forces.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

of course please do

OK, yes &c. (assent) 488; by all means &c. (willingly) 602; no problem; if you please, as you please; be it so, so be it, well and good, of course; please do; don't hesitate.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

of corn pone devoured

When the last crisp slice of bacon was gone, and the last allowance of corn pone devoured, the boys stretched themselves out on the grass, filled with contentment.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

on certain prearranged days

He was to undertake either by himself, or by a trustworthy representative—to receive at a prearranged address, on certain prearranged days in every year, a note from the Colonel, simply stating the fact that he was a living man at that date.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

of coloured points disposed

But my senses convey to me only the impressions of coloured points, disposed in a certain manner.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

of course pay double

I whispered to Patu, and, after a few philosophical considerations, addressing himself to madame la gouvernante, he said to her, “We will have a double dose, and of course pay double.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

of country people driving

An English merchant of Mogador was returning to the city on the evening of a market-day, at the moment when the gate by which he was entering was encumbered 281 with a crowd of country people driving camels and asses.
— from Morocco, Its People and Places by Edmondo De Amicis

of command passing down

This oppressive silence was interrupted by the word of command passing down the ranks in a whisper; and the forlorn hope moved to their post near the Caubul gate, to await the result of the engineers' experiment.
— from Military Service and Adventures in the Far East: Vol. 1 (of 2) Including Sketches of the Campaigns Against the Afghans in 1839, and the Sikhs in 1845-6. by Daniel Henry MacKinnon

of canvas prematurely decayed

A collection of temporary make-shifts of boards, of logs, of canvas, prematurely decayed, and in some instances abandoned for a newer erection, or degraded to mere outhouses—it presented with singular frankness the nomadic and tentative disposition of its founder.
— from Cressy by Bret Harte

of constant prayer does

The argument that the recluses may render the world the service of constant prayer does not appeal to those who know that work is itself [Pg 143] a form of prayer; and that in Jesus prayer and work lived together in harmony.
— from The Bible and Life by Edwin Holt Hughes

one could possibly describe

The Princess Gentianella, however, was anything but an ordinary princess; and her garden, the one that came at the end of the row, was far more beautiful than any one could possibly describe.
— from The Other Side of the Sun: Fairy Stories by Evelyn Sharp

only child played disregarded

It was touching, to see my grandmother steal quietly up to her portrait, on still summer mornings when every one had left the house,—and I, the only child, played, disregarded,—and look at it wistfully and long.
— from Prue and I by George William Curtis

of Captain Poke did

We may have been aided by the sucking of the wind and the waves, both of which were irresistibly drawn towards the pass, or it is quite probable that the skill of Captain Poke did us good service on this awful occasion; but, owing to the one or the other, or to the two causes united, the Walrus shot into the gorge so accurately as to avoid touching either of the lateral margins of the ice.
— from The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper

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