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of God than the
The death of a Jew, we are told in the Protocols, is more precious in the sight of God than the death of a thousand "seed of cattle," which is one of the delicate names applied to the Gentiles.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

of giving to the
The sudden entrance of his prosaic uncle into this world of wizardry and horror that had haunted him without interruption now for two days and two nights, had the immediate effect of giving to the affair an entirely new aspect.
— from The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood

only granted to the
Very soon after his arrival in Paris, he had the entrée of her dressing-room; a favour only granted to the most powerful lords at the court of her royal lover.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

of gold to the
The Senate itself, the exponent of all that should be right and just, is in the habit of promising a thousand pounds of gold to the capitol, and that no one may question the propriety of praying for money, it even decorates Jupiter himself with spoils’.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

of going there to
Do you think of going there to-night?" "Yes—" The woman again paused.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

of God to the
The purport of which letter was as follows: “ Gregory, the servant of the servants of God, to the servants of our Lord.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

of God to take
Therefore we are by no means compelled, either, retaining the prescience of God, to take away the freedom of the will, or, retaining the freedom of the will, to deny that He is prescient of future things, which is impious.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

of George the Third
The accession of George the Third to the throne of these kingdoms, opened a new and brighter prospect to men of literary merit, who had been honoured with no mark of royal favour in the preceding reign.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

one glance the terrified
Original One glance showed him this; and in that one glance the terrified creature became utterly powerless and unable to utter a sound.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

our guide to turn
The Sanitätsunteroffizier motioned our guide to turn round, and we retraced our path.
— from Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure. by Alan Bott

of girls to talk
“Let’s talk Christmas—remember, if you please, that this is the first time I’ve had a lot of girls to talk it with.”
— from A Texas Blue Bonnet by Caroline Emilia Jacobs

of gunpowder tends to
Thus, the expansive force of the gases generated by the ignition of gunpowder tends to project a bullet towards the sky, while its gravity tends to make it fall to the ground.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Stuart Mill

or guttering though the
One of these candles would burn about four hours and give a good steady light without sputtering or guttering, though the rush wick required occasional snuffing.
— from The Spanish Galleon Being an account of a search for sunken treasure in the Caribbean Sea. by Charles Sumner Seeley

of giving to the
Now there really seemed a chance of a more prosperous utilisation of his gift, for Borrow had found a zealous friend who was prepared to go forward with him in this work of giving to the English public translations from the literatures of the northern nations.
— from George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and His Friends by Clement King Shorter

one get there There
"There's some one up on the roof!" cried several voices.—"Stop it, you villain!" "How could any one get there?" "There's a trap-door at the end of the passage," exclaimed Shepherd.
— from Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery

one God tis true
Thou dost believe there is one God, 'tis true, The devils do believe and tremble too.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

observed going to the
The brothers went to say prayers for my dad after he passed away for a full year, which is customary, of course, we went for a few months—the other brothers, but Jack is the one that went for a full year, and he observed going to the synagogue more regularly than the other brothers did.
— from Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

our government to the
By an agreement between the commissioners of exchange, several bales of clothing and blankets had been sent by our government to the famishing Union prisoners on Belle Isle, a number of whom had already frozen to death.
— from Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Basil Wilson Duke


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