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O Lord even as

CHAPTER XVII Of fervent love and vehement desire of receiving Christ The Voice of the Disciple With the deepest devotion and fervent love, with all affection and fervour of heart, I long to receive Thee, O Lord, even as many Saints and devout persons have desired Thee in communicating, who were altogether well pleasing to Thee by their sanctity of life, and dwelt in all ardent devotion.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

own landscapes elaborate as

Theirs was an almost obliterated Buddhism, overlaid with a nature-worship fantastic as their own landscapes, elaborate as the terracing of their tiny fields; but they recognized the big hat, the clicking rosary, and the rare Chinese texts for great authority; and they respected the man beneath the hat.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

of latest events absorbing

How strange it is that we do not often dream of latest events, absorbing as they may be.”
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

of luggage even an

He had a great deal of luggage, even an English plough.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

of life enable an

Taxes on the very necessaries of life, enable an endless tribe of idle princes and princesses to pass with stupid pomp before a gaping crowd, who almost worship the very parade which costs them so dear.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

of lettered eas and

At best, they are prone to steal away from the bustle and commonplace of busy existence; to indulge in the selfishness of lettered eas; and to revel in scenes of mental, but exclusive enjoyment.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

our Lord enjoying and

The second is: in what manner and how we should use our prayer ; and that is that our will be turned unto the will of our Lord, enjoying: and
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

own lifted eyebrows and

Consequently it was to meet the glare of the company and my own lifted eyebrows and freezing eyes that the real Professor came into the room.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

oudena legein estin all

The genuineness of the Laws is sufficiently proved (1) by more than twenty citations of them in the writings of Aristotle, who was residing at Athens during the last twenty years of the life of Plato, and who, having left it after his death (B.C. 347), returned thither twelve years later (B.C. 335); (2) by the allusion of Isocrates (Oratio ad Philippum missa, p.84: To men tais paneguresin enochlein kai pros apantas legein tous sunprechontas en autais pros oudena legein estin, all omoios oi toioutoi ton logon (sc. speeches in the assembly)
— from Laws by Plato

of London even at

The position was fairly high and central, and the flames and ruddy glow in the sky were visible in all parts of London; even at that hour spectators rushed in numbers to the scene and crowded the surrounding streets.
— from Firemen and Their Exploits With some account of the rise and development of fire-brigades, of various appliances for saving life at fires and extinguishing the flames. by F. M. (Frederic Morell) Holmes

of learning English and

Whatever good is done by the missionaries is done through their schools, to which come many children of the Copts, with perhaps a certain number of Mohammedans desirous of learning English; and the greatest of American missionary successes is doubtless Robert College at Constantinople, which has certainly done a very noble work among the more gifted young men of the Christian populations in the Turkish Empire.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

or less extent are

They all show that they think and plan more for their own private enjoyment than for the general happiness, and thus, to a greater or less extent, are selfish.
— from Common Sense Applied to Religion; Or, The Bible and the People by Catharine Esther Beecher

of Lake Erie and

[Tobacco] Nation, next to the Neutral Nation and to the Macoutins [Mascoutins], who were then residing near the place called the Sakiman [that part of the present State of Michigan lying between the head of Lake Erie and Saginaw bay, on Lake Huron]; from that he went to the Algonquin and Huron tribes, at war against the Iroquois [Five Nations].
— from History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 With a Sketch of his Life by Consul Willshire Butterfield

one l each as

Words of one syllable ending in l , when compounded, retain but one l each; as, fulfil , skilful .
— from Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Robert Kemp Philp

of London even as

At night myriads of lights come out, and always, at all hours and all seasons, there is movement and life,—always I seem to feel the pulse of London even as I have its roar in my ears.
— from Our House and London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

of life excessive and

At any time of life, excessive and continued mental exertion is hurtful ; but in infancy and early youth, when the structure of the brain is still immature and delicate, permanent mischief is more easily produced by injudicious treatment than at any subsequent period.
— from A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

of Liberty Equality and

He was not alone in his opinion; nor was he the only poet carried away with a wild enthusiasm of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.
— from Robert Burns by Gabriel Setoun

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