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only standard for

Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

Outside surface face

SYN: Outside, surface, face, aspect, phase.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

of Strangers fol

PROSE: Timber, or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter, fol., 1641; The English Grammar, made by Ben Jonson for the benefit of Strangers, fol., 1640.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

of Solebay fight

The substantial results of Solebay fight were wholly favorable to the Dutch.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

of several factions

Many have an opinion not wise, that for a prince to govern his estate, or for a great person to govern his proceedings, according to the respect of factions, is a principal part of policy; whereas, contrariwise, the chiefest wisdom is, either in ordering those things which are general, and wherein men of several factions do nevertheless agree, or in dealing with correspondence to particular persons, one by one; but I say not, that the consideration of factions is to be neglected.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

one second for

“'He—the man I loved—has written to me every day for the last twenty years; and I—I have never consented to see him, even for one second; for I had a strange feeling that, if he were to come back here, my son would make his appearance at the same moment.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

of suits for

There are no worse instruments than these general contrivers of suits; for they are but a kind of poison and infection to public proceedings.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

occur severe frosts

A large fruit-house has recently been built there; and the experiments of Col. Harte seem to demonstrate, that, even if there occur severe frosts in the early winter, there is no sort of need, therefore, of losing the orange-crop.
— from Palmetto-Leaves by Harriet Beecher Stowe

or scenes from

They originated in the large sheet woodcuts, or "broadsides," representing saints, or scenes from saintly legends, used by the clergy as presents to the peasantry or pilgrims to certain shrines—a custom retained upon the Continent to the present time; such cuts exhibiting little advance in art since the days of their origin, being almost as rude, and daubed in a similar way with coarse colour.
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

of some fifteen

The trunk of the tree, if it may be so called, and which grows to a hight of some fifteen feet, is formed only by the fleshy part of the large leaves, some of which attain a length of eighteen feet, and are two and a half feet in width.
— from Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

of side front

It will be noted that in this design the rails of side, front and back are on the same level.
— from Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

of shelter for

We have felt very much inclined to form a small class of a hundred thousand individuals as a crowning cabinet of the species, to serve as a place of shelter for women who have fallen into a middle estate, like widows, for instance; but we have preferred to estimate in round figures.
— from The Physiology of Marriage, Complete by Honoré de Balzac

of suffrage for

Williamson, Hugh , views of, respecting rule of suffrage for House of Representatives, II. 135 ; money bills, 218 .
— from History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 With Notices of Its Principle Framers by George Ticknor Curtis

of service FM

Guinea AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2006) Guinea-Bissau AM 1 (transmitter out of service), FM 4, shortwave 0 (2001)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

of smoked fat

Remove them with a skimmer, put them in a baking dish with one small onion and three or four ounces of smoked fat meat in the centre, and pour over them a pint of boiling water, in which one-half teaspoon of salt and one-quarter teaspoon of pepper have been mixed.
— from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

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