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One cannot usefully compare
One cannot usefully compare facts with which he is [Pg 95] not perfectly well acquainted.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

of course under consideration
MADISON To the People of the State of New York: IN REVIEWING the defects of the existing Confederation, and showing that they cannot be supplied by a government of less energy than that before the public, several of the most important principles of the latter fell of course under consideration.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

of Christianity under Constantine
This was written before the exaltation of Christianity under Constantine.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

once come under civilized
A civilized people have far other means of imparting civilization to those under their influence; and slavery is, in all its details, so repugnant to that government of law, which is the foundation of all modern life, and so corrupting to the master-class when they have once come under civilized influences, that its adoption under any circumstances whatever in modern society is a relapse into worse than barbarism.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

of course upon circumstances
But the situation most eligible for performing such an operation depends of course upon circumstances, both anatomical and pathological.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

of corn upon commission
I am at present, my dear Copperfield, engaged in the sale of corn upon commission.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

only come upon communities
But hitherto facts have been wanting to researches of this kind: the spirit of inquiry has only come upon communities in their latter days; and when they at length contemplated their origin, time had already obscured it, or ignorance and pride adorned it with truth-concealing fables.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

of C until C
Then take the triangle along the bank in the direction of C until C' D' are in line with the sight object, while B' C' is in line with the pegs B C. Then the length of the long base B C' will equal the distance from B to X. Measuring height of tree.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

of counterpart upon counterpart
If a man were ask'd, for instance, the distinctive points contrasting modern European and American political and other life with the old Asiatic cultus, as lingering-bequeath'd yet in China and Turkey, he might find the amount of them in John Stuart Mill's profound essay on Liberty in the future, where he demands two main constituents, or sub-strata, for a truly grand nationality—1st, a large variety of character—and 2d, full play for human nature to expand itself in numberless and even conflicting directions—(seems to be for general humanity much like the influences that make up, in their limitless field, that perennial health-action of the air we call the weather—an infinite number of currents and forces, and contributions, and temperatures, and cross-purposes, whose ceaseless play of counterpart upon counterpart brings constant restoration and vitality.)
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

of censure upon Cameron
The House of Representatives passed a resolution of censure upon Cameron for investing Alexander Cummings with the control of large sums of the public money and authorizing him to purchase military supplies without restriction when the services of competent public officers were available.
— from The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

other companies under Col
Thomas White and ninety-five men, and possibly two other companies under Col. Thos.
— from The Battle of April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts by Frank Warren Coburn

of Congress usually clubbed
Members of Congress usually clubbed together and took possession of a house, and these "messes," as they were called,—although without doubt very agreeable to their members,—did not offer a mode of life which was easily compatible with the demands of general society.
— from Daniel Webster by Henry Cabot Lodge

of Christian Union Ch
Sch. of Christian Union Ch. 15.73 Vineland.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 04, April, 1890 by Various

our conclusions upon certain
" In the course of this and our preceding volumes we have, as plainly as words could express our meaning, enunciated our conclusions upon certain Biblical difficulties.
— from Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist. by Thomas Inman

on coming up closer
"I suppose," she went on, coming up closer to him, "that that's why no one will ever be like her again—because no one will ever be taken in so completely by shams again, never by the empty shell of anything.
— from The Duchess of Wrexe, Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Hugh Walpole

orchards come up close
Here again the vineyards and olive-orchards come up close to the formal grounds, the ilex-grove being divided from the podere by a line of cypresses instead of a wall.
— from Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton

one crust usually contain
Pies having one crust usually contain a filling that consists of a custard mixture, a mixture thickened with corn starch or flour, or occasionally a fruit mixture.
— from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

own child Una Callingham
He decided to pretend it was Mary Wharton that died, and to palm you off on the world as his own child, Una Callingham.
— from Recalled to Life by Grant Allen

oysters Cress Upland Croquettes
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English, English dairy, fondue, Foreign, Gorgonzola, Gruyère, Holland, Imported, Junket cottage, Limburger, or limburg, Neufchâtel, omelet, Origin, use, and production of, Parmesan, Quality of, Roquefort, sandwiches, Sapsago, sauce, Serving, soufflé, Stilton, straws, stuffing, Tomatoes with, Swiss, Switzer, toast, Varieties of, wafers, Cheeses, French, Italian, Swiss, Cheshire cheese, Chestnuts, Creamed mushrooms and, Chives, Chocolate junket, Clabber, or curd, Classification of vegetables, Clean milk, Grades of, Cleanliness of milk, Clipped eggs, Combinations, Vegetable, Commercial preservation of eggs, Composition and flavor of butter, and food value of asparagus, and food value of beets, and food value of Brussels sprouts, and food value of buttermilk, and food value of cabbage, and food value of carrots, and food value of cauliflower, and food value of celery, and food value of corn, and food value of cream, and food value of cucumbers, and food value of dandelion greens, and food value of dried beans, and food value of dried lentils, and food value of dried peas, and food value of eggplant, and food value of endive, and food value of French artichokes, and food value of green peas, and food value of greens, and food value of Jerusalem artichokes, and food value of kohlrabi, and food value of lettuce, and food value of lima beans, and food value of mushrooms, and food value of okra, and food value of onions, and food value of parsnips, and food value of peppers, and food value of potatoes, and food value of radishes, and food value of salsify, and food value of shell beans, and food value of skimmed milk, and food value of spinach, and food value of string beans, and food value of summer squash, and food value of sweet potatoes, and food value of Swiss chard, and food value of tomatoes, and food value of turnips, and food value of vegetables, Table showing, and food value of watercress, and food value of whey, and food value of winter squash, of cheese, of milk, of whole milk, Standard of milk, structure, and food value of vegetables, Condensed milk, Cooked sautéd potatoes, Cooking eggs, milk, of Brussels sprouts, of cauliflower, of dried shell beans, of eggs, of lentils, of vegetables, General methods of preparation and, on cheese, Effect of, on vegetables, Effect of, Preparing mushrooms for, Preparing vegetables for, Variety of ways to use milk in, with butter, Corn and its preparation, and tomatoes, Composition and food value of, cooked in milk, fritters, on the cob, Corn oysters, pulp, soufflé, string beans, and tomatoes, Sweet, Cottage cheese, -cheese, Junket, Cow's milk, Cream, cheese, American, Composition and food value of, -of-corn soup, Standard grading of milk and, Whipping, Creamed artichokes, asparagus on toast, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, eggs, kohlrabi, mushrooms and chestnuts, onions, parsnips, peas, potatoes, spinach, string beans, tomatoes, turnips, vegetable oysters, Cress, Upland, Croquettes, Bean, Potato, Cucumbers and their preparation, Composition and food value of, Stuffed, Curd, or clabber, D Dairy cheese, English, Dandelion, greens, Composition and food value of, with sour sauce, Desiccated eggs, Deterioration of eggs, Causes and prevention of, Diet, Milk in the, Digestibility of eggs, of vegetables, Dinner, New England boiled, Domestic cheese, Drawn-butter sauce, Dreams, Cheese, Dressing, Sour, Sour-cream, Dried beans, Composition and food value of, Dried lentils, Composition and food value of, onions, peas, peas, Composition and food value of, shell beans, Cooking of, E
— from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences


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