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of intelligence C3

Sapience , sb. Wisdom, i.e. the book so called, C2, P; wisdom, C3; sapiences , pl. , kinds of intelligence, C3.—OF. sapience ; Lat. sapientia .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

outspoken ingenuous c

Adj. truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous &c (honorable) 939; sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling &c (dissemble &c 544)[obs3]; guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured[obs3]; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous &c (artless) 703; undisguised &c (real) 494.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Oh I cannot

“Oh, I cannot live if she is not better.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

of imaginary complaints

The event acquitted her of all the fancifulness, and all the selfishness of imaginary complaints.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

occasion I came

On one occasion I came upon a party of Malays in the Labu jungle who were engaged in making a bridle-track for the Selangor Government.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

only in certain

{Memoires concernant les Droits, etc, tom.i p.154} In the canton of Lucern, the tax upon the sale of land is not universal, and takes place only in certain districts.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Oglesby in command

On the 4th of September I removed my headquarters to Cairo and found Colonel Richard Oglesby in command of the post.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

of islands called

It is found principally, as most of my readers may know, in the group of islands called the Gallipagos, which, indeed, derive their name from the animal—the Spanish word Gallipago meaning a fresh-water terrapin.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

or is considered

The most immediate effects of pleasure and pain are the propense and averse motions of the mind; which are diversified into volition, into desire and aversion, grief and joy, hope and fear, according as the pleasure or pain changes its situation, and becomes probable or improbable, certain or uncertain, or is considered as out of our power for the present moment.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

of its characters

About the characters in this book: This is something of an oddity among fiction stories, because some of its characters may be met in person if you wish.
— from The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster

of its contents

There is no reality of the cosmos or any of its contents; and all that seem to be in existence, are no more than the various representations of the one self-existent Brahma himself.
— from The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) by Valmiki

owl is caught

An owl is caught and tied to a tree.
— from Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 2, February 1899 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various

of increased caution

If that be so, as I am convinced it is, it is the brand of the Anti-christ—and——" He, too, seemed to feel the need of increased caution, for he glanced fearsomely round, as he added: "
— from The Mark of the Beast by Sidney Watson

out its crudities

Still, even the writers who pointed out its crudities and morbidities, praised its striking originality and charm of style, and though it gave but a faint indication of the real genius of the author it brought him into notice, and editors began to look kindly upon him.
— from Tales From Jókai by Mór Jókai

of intelligence combined

Mr. Asher, minister of Inveraven, in Morayshire, narrated to Dr. Paul a curious example of want of intelligence combined with a power of cunning to redress a fancied wrong, shown by a poor natural of the parish, who had been seized with a violent inflammatory attack, and was in great danger.
— from Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay

of implements contrived

Skilled labour will consist in the guiding of implements contrived with versatile cunning for the relief of human nerve and muscle.
— from The Unseen World, and Other Essays by John Fiske

or in clefts

They build on the ground or in clefts of rocks, which has given them the name of rock larks 108 .
— from The Natural History of Cage Birds Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them. by Johann Matthäus Bechstein

of it Clotilde

For want of it, Clotilde’s short explorations in Dot-and-Dash land were of a kind to terrify her, and yet they seemed not only unavoidable, but foreshadowing of the unavoidable to come.
— from The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Complete by George Meredith

of it can

If I attempt to explain, then every word of the explanation must be subject to the same conditions; not one syllable of it can do more than merely appeal to somewhat already in your mind.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

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