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on some chair if not to

Some table can be procured to write on; some chair, if not to sit on, then to stand on.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

of soluble coffee I n the

[Pg 517] Chapter XXXI SOME BIG MEN AND NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS B.G. Arnold, the first, and Hermann Sielcken, the last of the American "coffee kings"—John Arbuckle, the original package-coffee man—Jabez Burns, the man who revolutionized the roasted coffee business by his contributions as inventor, manufacturer, and writer—Coffee-trade booms and panics—Brazil's first valorization enterprise—War-time government control of coffee—The story of soluble coffee I n the history of the coffee trade of the United States, several names stand out because of sensational accomplishments, and because of notable contributions made to the development of the industry.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

old saying Cleanliness is next to

If, among the sums spent for the various objects mentioned above, we compare the amounts set apart for religion and for the baths, we may come to the conclusion that the Roman read the old saying, "Cleanliness is next to godliness" in the amended form "Cleanliness is next above godliness."
— from The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott

one strong clear idea namely that

I had but one strong, clear idea, namely, that I must keep awake at all costs, or bring shameful death upon myself and disgrace upon my family.
— from Capitola the Madcap by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

of such contentions in Norway the

On the occasion of such contentions in Norway, the women often join in the fray, and an instance of the ferocity of the gipsy women is given by Præsten Sundt, as occurring at Ullensaker, some time since, at a fight which took place between two strong bands of Norwegian gipsies, which was long remembered in the district.
— from Tent life with English Gipsies in Norway by Hubert (Solicitor) Smith

of Sergeant Corbett is not to

Therefore the shot of Sergeant Corbett is not to be regretted, save that it gave too honorable a form of death to one who had earned all that there is of disgraceful in that mode of dying to which a peculiar stigma is attached by the common consent of mankind.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

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