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original nor could he impart to
Coleridge was not more thoroughly original, nor could he impart to his pictures more vividness of colouring, or more decided strength of outline.
— from Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Hugh Miller

other names connect him in their
As the Orphic Protologos, he is called Pûrvaja, “pregenetic,” and the other names connect him in their descending order more and more with Matter.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

of native Christians had increased to
By the close of the century the number of native Christians had increased to 600,000.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

of night Curse him in the
Curse him in the morning splendour, and in the still of night! Curse him in the life that now is, and in the life that is to come!"
— from The White Prophet, Volume 2 (of 2) by Caine, Hall, Sir

of nineteenth century history in that
The Great Republic of the West Hitherto our attention has been directed to the Eastern Hemisphere, and to the stirring events of nineteenth century history in that great section of the earth.
— from Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Morris

of Narbonne clove him in two
Then took place a fresh battle with Matrandus, and Roland, in a hand-to-hand encounter with Tamise, brother of the King of Narbonne, clove him in two like an acorn with Durandal, his unerring sword.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 23, April, 1876-September, 1876. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

once nothing could have induced the
She put it aside at once, nothing could have induced the General to climb the steeps of that hill.
— from Mabel's Mistake by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens


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