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of Raleigh by Edwards and

Raleigh's works, published by the Oxford Press; Selections by Grosart, in Elizabethan Library; Raleigh's Last Fight of the Revenge , in Arber's Reprints; Life of Raleigh, by Edwards and by Gosse.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

of Rabbi Ben Ezra and

Tennyson's immature work, like that of the minor poets, is sometimes in a doubtful or despairing strain; but his In Memoriam is like the rainbow after storm; and Browning seems better to express the spirit of his age in the strong, manly faith of "Rabbi Ben Ezra," and in the courageous optimism of all his poetry.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

of recognition but even at

He gazed imploringly at the clear-cut face in which there was no glimmer of recognition; but even at this extremity it never occurred to him to throw himself on the white man's mercy or to denounce the Afghan.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

other regions but elsewhere almost

This affix is productive in Leyte and in other regions, but elsewhere almost unknown.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

other reason but experience and

For which (not knowing how the ideas of our minds are framed, of what materials they are made, whence they have their light, and how they come to make their appearances) I can give no other reason but experience: and I would have any one try, whether he can keep one unvaried single idea in his mind, without any other, for any considerable time together. 14.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

only reply by equivocating as

I could only reply by equivocating, as I had no wish to embark in a fresh intrigue.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

oscillates rapidly between eye and

The difference is most plainly felt when the attention oscillates rapidly between eye and ear; and the feeling localizes itself with most decided difference in regard to the various sense-organs, according as we wish to discriminate a thing delicately by touch, taste, or smell.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

of revelation by every argument

By the edicts of toleration, he removed the temporal disadvantages which had hitherto retarded the progress of Christianity; and its active and numerous ministers received a free permission, a liberal encouragement, to recommend the salutary truths of revelation by every argument which could affect the reason or piety of mankind.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

of Refraction being ECQ and

For if EF be let fall perpendicularly on the Line PQ, this Line EF shall be the Sine of Refraction of the Ray CE, the Angle of Refraction being ECQ; and this Sine EF is equal to DH, and consequently in Proportion to the Sine of Incidence AD as 3 to 4.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

of rational beings ever as

Universal application of the Maxim of Conduct, as if it were a law of nature , is the formula of the Will as absolutely good; universal prohibition against the use of rational beings ever as means only , has reference to the fact that a good will in a rational being is an altogether independent and ultimate End, an End-in-self in all; universal legislation of each for all recognizes the prerogative or special dignity of rational beings, that they necessarily take their maxims from the point of view of all, and must regard themselves, being Ends-in-self, as members in a Realm of Ends (analogous to the Realm, or Kingdom of Nature), which, though merely an ideal and possible conception, none the less really imposes an imperative upon action.
— from Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

oun Rousso boun enfant and

I was for her, as she expressed it in her broken French, 'oun Rousso, boun enfant,' and nothing more.
— from The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

of revision being endowed automatically

Revision of the fundamental law may be undertaken normally by Congress at the end of every decennial period, the Congress whose mandate coincides with the period of revision being endowed automatically with constituent powers and the process of revision differing in no respect from that of ordinary legislation.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

of Relations between England and

The Great Kosatsu, near the Nihon Basin Blowing Bubbles Father and Children Caught in the Rain A Village on the Tokaido A Party on the Tokaido Beginning of Relations between England and Japan Pilgrims on the Road Threshing Grain Peasant and his Wife Returning from the Field A Japanese Sandal The Great Dai-Boots Salutation of the Landlord The Head Waiter Receiving Orders
— from Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China by Thomas Wallace Knox

of resistance being exhausted a

Presently—whether in answer, whether in mere yielding of nature, I cannot tell—I became aware of a difference: not a lessening of the agitation, but a softening, as if my powers of resistance being exhausted, a gentler force, a more benignant influence, had room.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, March 1885 by Various

of relations between England and

Iglea, identifications of, 102 n. India, Alfred sends alms to, 65 , 66 , 99 , 134 ; first recorded instance of relations between England and, 134 .
— from The Life and Times of Alfred the Great Being the Ford lectures for 1901 by Charles Plummer

of Richelieu but even a

Owing to the great favour with which both Queen Anne and Madame de Chevreuse regarded him, he was able to pick up a good deal of information which would have escaped an ordinary envoy; he was thus, no doubt, able to trace in the ramifications of Chalais' plot, which at this time was agitating the French Court, and in which both the above-named ladies, as well as Henrietta's younger brother Gaston, were implicated, not only the general hatred of Richelieu, but even a positive desire on the part of some to see the Cardinal humiliated by such an affront to his policy as would be involved in the violation of the Queen of England's marriage treaty.
— from Henrietta Maria by Henrietta Haynes

of relation between electricity and

Death of Oersted, discoverer of relation between electricity and magnetism.
— from The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

only retained but exaggerated all

The broader distinctions of his personages one from another have been not only retained, but exaggerated: all the finer ones have disappeared.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer. by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

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