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patriarch and the crown and

The Trisagion, with and without this obnoxious addition, was chanted in the cathedral by two adverse choirs, and when their lungs were exhausted, they had recourse to the more solid arguments of sticks and stones; the aggressors were punished by the emperor, and defended by the patriarch; and the crown and mitre were staked on the event of this momentous quarrel.
— 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

past and to come as

Certainly, if there be mind gifted with such vast knowledge and foreknowledge, as to know all things past and to come, as I know one well-known Psalm, truly that mind is passing wonderful, and fearfully amazing; in that nothing past, nothing to come in after-ages, is any more hidden from him, than when I sung that Psalm, was hidden from me what, and how much of it had passed away from the beginning, what, and how much there remained unto the end.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

primitive allegiance to Christ and

After the loss of Asia, Antioch still maintained her primitive allegiance to Christ and Cæsar; but the solitary province was separated from all Roman aid, and surrounded on all sides by the Mahometan powers.
— 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

particularly applied to certain addresses

[118] Allocu′tion, an address, a term particularly applied to certain addresses on important occasions made by the Pope to the cardinals, and through them to the Church in general. Allo′dium (probably derived from all and odh , property), land held in one's own right, without any feudal obligation to a superior or lord.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

past and these characters also

Written all over with the characters of the past, and these characters also pencilled over with new characters—thus have ye concealed yourselves well from all decipherers!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

pupil and the companion all

I know not whether she used to leave the room where the master and his pupil were painting, in order to give them an opportunity for exchanging those vows and sentiments which cannot be uttered advantageously in the presence of a third party; I know not whether she hoped that should her cousin succeed in carrying off the rich merchant's daughter, he would give Miss Wirt a portion of the wealth which she had enabled him to win—all that is certain is that Mr. Osborne got some hint of the transaction, came back from the City abruptly, and entered the drawing-room with his bamboo cane; found the painter, the pupil, and the companion all looking exceedingly pale there; turned the former out of doors with menaces that he would break every bone in his skin, and half an hour afterwards dismissed Miss Wirt likewise, kicking her trunks down the stairs, trampling on her bandboxes, and shaking his fist at her hackney coach as it bore her away.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

pursuing and the capturing are

Here the pursuing and the capturing are going on together.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

print and the circle as

12, " Geometry moves between the print and the circle "; as Euclid says, "the point is the beginning of Geometry, and according to him, the circle is the most perfect figure, and therefore may be considered its end....
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

positions about the city as

During the next week or two he accordingly placed himself in such positions about the city as would afford him glimpses of several of the most distinguished among the provosts, wardens, and other heads of houses; and from those he ultimately selected five whose physiognomies seemed to say to him that they were appreciative and far-seeing men.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Poroselene and to call Aspordenum

Some persons, in order to avoid the indecorum couched in these names, 1511 say that we ought to read in that place Poroselene, and to call Aspordenum, the rocky and barren mountain near Pergamum, Asporenum, and the temple there of the mother of the gods the temple of the Asporene mother of the gods; what then are we to say to the names Pordalis, Saperdes, [Pg 394]
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

powers as to continue and

He discovered in writing this work his talent for humour and also one part of his literary theme, the Dutch tradition; but he did not so convince himself of his powers as to continue, and it was only after the failure of his commercial interests that, being thrown on himself for support, he published in London ten years later, at the age of thirty-six, the volume of sketches which by its success committed him to a literary career.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

people and their customs and

He did not feel that he was thoroughly enough acquainted with the surroundings nor the people and their customs, and would take no chances until he should know more clearly what he was about—until he became more accustomed to everything and everybody.
— from The Nightriders' Feud by Walter Caruth McConnell

poke at the coal and

But in a moment the general gave a poke at the coal, and looked up at his guest.
— from A Transient Guest, and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus

proportions as the cover and

It is not necessary to produce prints trimmed to the exact size of the cover, either; all that is necessary is to make the print of the same proportions as the cover, and the engraver will enlarge or reduce it to the correct size.
— from Making Your Camera Pay by Frederick C. Davis

pillars around the court and

So when we came into the house (which is builded with pillars around the court, and a fountain in the midst, right fair to see) Master Jeronymo leadeth me forward, and courtesieth well-nigh down to the ground.
— from Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt

Prayer and the Creed and

Their theological knowledge was necessarily confined to the Lord's Prayer and the Creed, and a day was fixed for the commencement of the ceremony of baptism.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

Page addressed the Chair as

Mr. Page addressed the Chair as follows: Mr. Chairman : I can no longer refrain from expressing my sentiments respecting the question before the committee; not only because I wish if possible to remove the error which I think several members, for whom I have the highest respect, have fallen into, but because I feel myself more interested in the question than I ever was in any one I have had to decide on.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress

present and to come and

Now the same word, self , is indifferently applied to the whole of my being, past, present, and to come; and it is supposed from the use of language and the habitual ass
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt

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