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of introducing Miss

He then rung his bell; and, enquiring if his hair-dresser was come, said he was sorry to leave me; but that, if I would favour him with my company to-morrow, he would do himself the honour of introducing Miss Belmont to me, instead of troubling me to introduce her to him.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

of in Mr

There was one advantage, and only one that I know of, in Mr. Creakle’s severity.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

opinion is made

For instance, men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are conditioned.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

out its mission

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— from On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

of indifferent morals

What has been said seems a sufficient solution of this difficulty; but there is another that follows: for it seems absurd that the power of the state should be lodged with those who are but of indifferent morals, instead of those who are of excellent characters.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

or it may

It may be so, or it may not, but there is this remarkable circumstance to be noted in everything associated with my Lady Dedlock as one of a class—as one of the leaders and representatives of her little world.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

out its mission

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— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

of intentional misrepresentations

The returns made up on each side of losses in killed and wounded, are never exact, seldom truthful, and in most cases, full of intentional misrepresentations.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

offerings in many

Potation Day was the customary day for such offerings in many schools, but at Giggleswick the practice of receiving money from the Scholars [Pg 146] was particularly forbidden in the case of the Writing Master in 1799, and at other times.
— from A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell

of its manufactured

The nation that had once depended upon Europe for most of its manufactured goods became a competitor of Europe in the markets of the earth.
— from History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard

oppose it make

If your opinions incline you towards the movement afoot, hold out your hand to me frankly and give me your word not to oppose my mission; if, on the contrary, you wish to oppose it, make up your minds at once and do what you like to get rid of me, for I mean to do all I can to rid myself of you."
— from My Memoirs, Vol. IV, 1830 to 1831 by Alexandre Dumas

of its members

Incidentally, however, Senator Chandler said that the Commission was afraid it would lose one of its members because of the vacancy in Alabama, referring to Hon.
— from Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization by Lyman Beecher Stowe

of its mouth

A layer of nitrified earth, “a spanne thicknesse,” is laid on 21 this, and on the earth “three fingers’ thicknesse” of a mixture of “two parts of unslacked lime and three of oke asshes, or other asshes.... And so, putting one rewe” of saltpetre alternately with one of the mixture, “you shall fill the tubbe ... within a spanne of (its mouth), and the rest you will fill with water.”
— from Gunpowder and Ammunition, Their Origin and Progress by H. W. L. (Henry William Lovett) Hime

of it more

I said that the main popularity of the almanac was derived from its poetry and conundrums, and that a few conundrums distributed around through his Treasury report would help the sale of it more than all the internal revenue he could put into it.
— from Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain

only I must

One disappointment, and one only, I must announce, the Band of the Seventh, London, cannot be with us to-day.”
— from Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police: A Tale of the Macleod Trail by Ralph Connor

officials in making

This is especially true for companies involved in technology watch (say, a computer company that wants to know, daily, all the Japanese newspaper and other articles that pertain to what they make) or some Government Intelligence agencies (the people who provide the most up-to-date information for use by your government officials in making policy, etc.).
— from Multilingualism on the Web by Marie Lebert

of impurity must

Therefore all tanks and cisterns should be inspected regu larly, and any accidental source of impurity must be looked out for.
— from The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Helen Campbell

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