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of mind at diverse

When, as in the sympathetic state, we feel that the neighbor of our species is essentially ourself, the tacit assumption is that his needs and feelings are as like our own as our own states of mind at diverse times are like one another, so that we might exchange motives with him without experiencing any great sense of strangeness.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

of merit and demerit

This internal body, being the vehicle of merit and demerit, which are the basis of transmigration, accompanies the soul on its wanderings from one gross body to another, whether the latter be that of a god, a man, an animal, or a tree.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

of Malmesbury A D

Among the very early experimenters may be mentioned the monk Oliver of Malmesbury ( A.D. 1050), de Pérouse (1420), who is said to have succeeded in flying over Lake Trasimene, and the great Leonardo da Vinci.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

of me a dislike

Even in much later years I heard about Holtei's bitter dislike of me, a dislike which showed itself, among other things, in his denunciation of The Music of the Future, [Footnote: Zukunftsmusik is a pamphlet revealing some of Wagner's artistic aims and aspirations, written 1860-61.—EDITOR.] and of its tendency to jeopardise the simplicity of pure sentiment.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

of many a dame

Then to the inner bowers he came, Once happy home of many a dame, Now gloomy, sad, and drear, Dark as of old that sunless day
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

of men as do

These are the customs, so far as I know, which the Persians practise:—Images and temples and altars they do not account it lawful to erect, nay they even charge with folly those who do these things; and this, as it seems to me, because they do not account the gods to be in the likeness of men, as do the Hellenes.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

of mandibles and downy

The account runs thus: “‘Four membranous wings covered with little colored scales of metallic appearance; mouth forming a rolled proboscis, produced by an elongation of the jaws, upon the sides of which are found the rudiments of mandibles and downy palpi; the inferior wings retained to the superior by a stiff hair; antennae in the form of an elongated club, prismatic; abdomen pointed, The Death’s—headed Sphinx has occasioned much terror among the vulgar, at times, by the melancholy kind of cry which it utters, and the insignia of death which it wears upon its corslet.’
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

of mastication and deglutition

In a pause of mastication and deglutition, Lady Tippins, contemplating Mortimer, recalls that it was at our dear Veneerings, and in the presence of a party who are surely all here, that he told them his story of the man from somewhere, which afterwards became so horribly interesting and vulgarly popular.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

of me and designed

Full sure was I that Madame had missed—was come in search of me, and designed now to pounce on the defaulter unawares.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

of matter are darted

And that more clearly thou perceive how all These mites of matter are darted round about, Recall to mind how nowhere in the sum Of All exists a bottom,—nowhere is A realm of rest for primal bodies; since (As amply shown and proved by reason sure) Space has no bound nor measure, and extends Unmetered forth in all directions round.
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

of mean and designing

I love the boy, and I do not choose to see him spend his splendid fortune, which will make a noble addition to the family estates, upon a set of mean and designing beggars; and I wish at once to punish them for their low and cunning schemes, and to save my nephew from their snares.
— from Delaware; or, The Ruined Family. Vol. 1 by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

other men and did

He used his fingers, as did the other men, and did not talk while he ate.
— from Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison

of machinery and division

"In proportion as the use of machinery and division of labour increases, in the same proportion the burden of toil also increases whether by prolongation of the working hours, by increase of the work exacted in a given time, or by increased speed of the machinery, &c."
— from British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by J. Ellis Barker

Ober Meilen and Dollikon

In 1854, owing to the dryness and cold of the preceding winter, the water fell a foot below any previous record: and, in a small bay between Ober Meilen and Dollikon, the inhabitants took advantage to reclaim the soil thus left, and add it to their gardens, by building a wall as far out as they could—and they raised the level of the land thus gained, by dredging the mud out of the lake.
— from Curious Creatures in Zoology by John Ashton

orange moon And down

A silken silence crept up from the South, The flutes were hushed that mimed the orange moon, And down the willow stream my sighs were strewn, While I knelt to the corners of her mouth.
— from Sonnets from the Patagonian by Donald Evans

of meeting a dead

Consequently, for your gentle forbearance, you shall be accorded a unique privilege—that of meeting a dead soldier.
— from The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

of manliness and dignity

How far the influence of manliness and dignity extends!
— from Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

of Man and delighted

They all made the sign of the cross as the train moved out of the station—and a good honest one it was, as if they loved the sign of the Son of Man, and delighted in wearing it on their breast.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

of men are drilled

The nations of Europe to-day all pretend to be Christian, yet millions of men are drilled and armed for the purpose of killing other Christians.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

of metal are due

The decaying of wood and the rusting of metal are due to the action of air and moisture.
— from General Science by Bertha May Clark

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