Are not the chief elements of temperance, speaking E generally, obedience to commanders and self-control in sensual pleasures? True. — from The Republic of Plato by Plato
of the swaying expansive graces of
The little soldier had used to good purpose his long strolls with his comrades in the Jardin des Plantes and round the Place du Chateau-d'Eau, where his barracks stood, and the result was the acquisition of the swaying, expansive graces of the Parisian fire-eater. — from A Love Episode by Émile Zola
of their spiritual enjoyments goes off
And as surely the glow of their spiritual feelings cools down; the charm of their spiritual enjoyments goes off; the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, fades away; and one scheme after another of worldly advancement and enjoyment occupies their minds. — from The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
of the said English government of
{384} "3. Unanimously guilty of having received and accredited agents of the said English government, of having procured them means of intelligence in France, and of having conspired with them against the internal and external safety or the Republic."— The facts alluded to in this clause of the verdict may be considered as contained by implication in the general charge in the accusation, that the duke plotted with England. — from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III. by Walter Scott
Inspired by such an influence, I have roamed over the Isle of Elephanta, and gazed on its gorgeous pagoda hewn from the rock, and adorned by gigantic statues and mysterious symbols of the same eternal granite: on the beauteous excavations of Salsette: on the wonders of Elora, and on the classic reliques of Persepolis: on the beautiful columns of Palmyra, the Tadmor in the wilderness, where Solomon built his “fenced city;” as well as those arabesque and gothic temples, the abbeys and cathedrals of our own island. — from The Philosophy of Mystery by Walter Cooper Dendy
of the seventeen existing genera of
Absolutely confined to it are eleven of the seventeen existing genera of Lemurs, the family Centetidae among the Insectivora, which contains seven genera, and another recently discovered and peculiar genus, Geogale ; it has six peculiar genera of Viverridae; it has five peculiar genera of Rodents. — from Mammalia by Frank E. (Frank Evers) Beddard
of those seeking either general or
The machines illustrated and described cover an immense field and have been carefully selected to supply the needs of those seeking either general or special information. — from Practical Pointers for Patentees by Franklin Allison Cresee
of them shall ever get out
Thus it is that they declare they never can be conquered, that they will die to a man, woman, and child first, and that if fifty thousand, or any number of thousands of Black Republicans get one hundred miles into Virginia, not one man of them shall ever get out alive. — from The Civil War in America
Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 by Russell, William Howard, Sir
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