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of Rei gives an

A Musulman author quoted by Hammer, Najmuddin of Rei, gives an awful picture of the Tartar devastations, "Such as had never been heard of, whether in the lands of unbelief or of Islam, and can only be likened to those which the Prophet announced as signs of the Last Day, when he said: 'The Hour of Judgment shall not come until ye shall have fought with the Turks, men small of eye and ruddy of countenance, whose noses are flat, and their faces like hide-covered shields.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

on rising ground and

It was a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills;—and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

of red green and

It is a red brick immensity with gray sandstone lintels and a roof of slate in courses of red, green, and dyspeptic yellow.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

of ruddy gold and

Queen Elizabeth, however, whose liking for gold is evidenced by her changing the Royal mantle from gules and ermine to gold and ermine, also changed the colour of the dragon as her supporter to gold, and many Welsh scholars hold that the ruddy dragon of Wales was and should be of ruddy gold and not of gules.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

only right guides are

And the only right guides are knowledge and true opinion—these are the guides of man; for things which happen by chance are not under the guidance of man: but the guides of man are true opinion and knowledge.
— from Meno by Plato

of religion gods are

In every sort of religion, gods are individualities distinct from each other; however, they are conceived, not perceived.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

of racial groups an

Classify the following studies under ( a ) administrative problems or ( b ) problems of policy or ( c ) problems of human nature: a survey to determine the feasibility of health insurance to meet the problem of sickness; an investigation of the police force; a study of attitudes toward war; a survey of the contacts of racial groups; an investigation for the purpose of improving the technique of workers in a social agency; a study of the experiments in self-government among prisoners in penal institutions.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

of rapid growth and

(2) A period of rapid growth and development, from 1595 to 1600.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

or restraint give a

With this stripling, all whose art of love was the action of it, I could, without check of awe or restraint, give a loose to jay, and execute every scheme of dalliance my fond fancy might put me on, in which he was, in every sense, a most exquisite companion.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

one reason given and

Why, Mrs. Jewkes, answered I, there can be but one reason given; and that is, that I am a sad fool!—But, indeed, I am not ungrateful neither; nor would I put on a foolish affectation: But my heart, at times, sinks within me; I know not why, except at my own unworthiness, and because the honour done me is too high for me to support myself under, as I should do.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

on ragged garments all

When Mrs. Field looked in, two men were furiously grinding axes; several were sewing on ragged garments; all were smoking; some were dressing chapped or bruised fingers.
— from Other Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland

our route gathering a

Charles Renaud (our late cook, whom I have mentioned before) was in the same boat, and we soon came together, and together trudged on as best we could, rested together, made our coffee together, and together visited many points of interest and attraction on our route, gathering a stray honeycomb here, and a stray piece of corn bread there; but the grand object of our search (which was anything of a spirituous or malt nature we could get hold of—whiskey preferred) could not be found.
— from Soldiering in North Carolina Being the experiences of a 'typo' in the pines, swamps, fields, sandy roads, towns, cities, and among the fleas, wood-ticks, 'gray-backs,' mosquitoes, blue-tail flies, moccasin snakes, lizards, scorpions, rebels, and other reptiles, pests, and vermin of the 'Old North State.' Embracing an account of the three-years and nine-months Massachusetts regiments in the department, the freedmen, etc., etc., etc. by Thomas Kirwan

of rare gifts and

Joe Arnold was a detective of rare gifts and, incidentally, a reporter on a Chicago newspaper.
— from A Captain in the Ranks: A Romance of Affairs by George Cary Eggleston

of red gold and

[99] coral; the fifth (Jennet en-Na´eem, or the Garden of Delight), of white silver; the sixth (Jennet el-Firdós, or the Garden of Paradise), of red gold; and the seventh (Jennet ´Adn, or the Garden of Perpetual Abode, or of Eden), of large pearls; this last overlooking all the former, and canopied by the Throne of the Compassionate (´Arsh Er-Raḥmán).
— from Arabian Society in the Middle Ages: Studies From The Thousand and One Nights by Edward William Lane

of reprieves granted and

They met Tom on the like errand, but not very sanguine, for he said there had of late been an outcry against the number of reprieves granted, and the public had begun to think itself not sufficiently protected.
— from The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

of robust growth and

Juniperus Sabina tamariscifolia is a beautiful shrub for the fringe of a plantation, it is of robust growth, and the best of the Junipers for this planting.
— from Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by E. T. (Ernest Thomas) Cook

of rising ground and

It stands on a piece of rising ground, and commands a good prospect.
— from A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Thomas Anderton

over rising ground and

Locks are barriers or doors constructed so that these artificial rivers may be carried over rising ground and through valleys, without the labour and expense of cutting through the hills and filling up the hollows as would be required without them.
— from The Boy's Book of Industrial Information by Elisha Noyce

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