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of captured Tuscarora and nearly the

Hundreds of captured Tuscarora and nearly the whole tribe of the Appalachee were distributed as slaves among the Carolina colonists in the early part of the eighteenth century, while the Natchez and others shared a similar fate in Louisiana, and as late at least as 1776 Cherokee prisoners of war were still sold to the highest bidder for the same purpose.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

of circumstance they are not the

Their pursuits are fixed by accident and necessity of circumstance; they are not the normal expression of their own powers interacting with the needs and resources of the environment.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Of course they are not to

Of course, they are not to use any other vessels or measures.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

of character that are not to

It would likewise be a great improvement, with respect to the library, if the deficiencies were made up, by purchasing all the books of character that are not to be found already in the collection—They might be classed in centuries, according to the dates of their publication, and catalogues printed of them and the manuscripts, for the information of those that want to consult, or compile from such authorities.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

of consciousness they are not to

In so far as they, regarded merely as representations, are at the same time objects of consciousness, they are not to be distinguished from apprehension, that is, reception into the synthesis of imagination, and we must therefore say: “The manifold of phenomena is always produced successively in the mind.”
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

other case they are necessary the

The immediate consequences are that in the one {196} case motion and locomotion are superfluous, while in the other case they are necessary: the differences in the degrees of structure being consequences.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer

of Carlos these are not the

“Master!” said Antonio, riding up by the side of Carlos, “these are not the tracks of Indian horses, unless they have stolen them.
— from The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico by Mayne Reid

our concession to apparent necessity turned

But in effect our concession to apparent necessity turned out to be a mere display of superfluous luxury, for the two white leaders did little more than show their feeble paces, leaving the gray wheelers to do the work.
— from Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness by Henry Van Dyke

only careful tending and nurture that

It is now only careful tending and nurture that is needed.
— from The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

of course there are never two

The Malays often wear as turbans some of the beautiful sarongs of Java, which are simply ordinary calico, painted by hand with a few good colours, and in the most artistic designs; of course there are never two alike, and in these days of machine-made sameness they are refreshing to behold.
— from Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Martin, Annie, Mrs.

of charges that amount not to

Prussia, the conqueror, pays per capita just as much as and no less than Alsace, the conquered, who, if she were not paying this $5,600,000 to Germany, would be paying it—or, according to my critic, a much larger sum—to France; and if Germany did not "own" Alsace-Lorraine, she would be relieved of charges that amount not to five but many more millions.
— from The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell

of correcting their aim next time

With our own men it was very different; the more often they fired the cooler did they seem to become; and it was amusing to see the eagerness with which, after firing, they watched the effect of each shot, with the evident purpose of correcting their aim next time.
— from A Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British Navy by Harry Collingwood

old cathedral there are now the

There are all the tombs which were preserved from the old cathedral, there are now the remains of some of our greatest dead, and there is the Church of S. Faith, the floor of which is now being slowly covered with a beautiful mosaic.
— from Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. by Lucy Phillimore

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