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only not subject to any during

Conducted by so many and by such sagacious heads, the enterprise, great as it was, not unnaturally went forward; although it was no light matter to deprive the Athenian people of its freedom, almost a hundred years after the deposition of the tyrants, when it had been not only not subject to any during the whole of that period, but accustomed during more than half of it to rule over subjects of its own.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

out now stronger than all dread

But the poor frightened mother's love leaped out now, stronger than all dread.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

of no such thing as declension

Maori, we may premise, admits of no such thing as declension by inflection, i. e., by a variation of the ground form.
— from Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition) by Robert Maunsell

only not synonymous they are diametrically

These two notions are not only not synonymous, they are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive.
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

or nearly so this alone does

Again, while it is stated that the bodies lay East and West, “or nearly so,” this alone does not prove Christian influence.
— from Byways in British Archaeology by Walter Johnson

of numbering so that any drawing

To work out a system of numbering so that any drawing may be found quickly is a good job for a rainy day.
— from Carpentry and Woodwork by Edwin W. Foster

of new social types are developing

A number of new social types are developing, ignorant of each other, ignorant almost of themselves, full of mutual suspicions and mutual misunderstandings, narrow, limited, and dangerously incapable of intelligent collective action in the face of crises.
— from Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

on next Saturday tomorrow and digging

Just as I got on the scene, to my horror, amazement, and disgust, I saw a middle-aged bounder, in loud checks, who, from his looks, might have been anything from a retired pawnbroker to a second-hand butler, sacked from his last place for stealing the sherry, standing in the middle of the field, on the very wicket the Rugborough match is to be played on next Saturday (tomorrow), and digging— digging —I'll trouble you.
— from Tales of St. Austin's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

of necessity so tortuous and difficult

The route of the horses was of necessity so tortuous and difficult that it must have been fully a half greater than the direct one.
— from Deerfoot in The Mountains by Edward Sylvester Ellis

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