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put her own romantic ideas away

After the first year of married life, Mrs Kearney perceived that such a man would wear better than a romantic person, but she never put her own romantic ideas away.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

purple his only refuge indeed against

Their menaces compelled him to accept the Imperial purple, his only refuge, indeed, against the jealous cruelty of Maximin; since, according to the reasoning of tyrants, those who have been esteemed worthy of the throne deserve death, and those who deliberate have already rebelled.
— 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

poems his Omphalic Roués is a

Saint-Saëns, with his symphonic poems, his Omphalic Roués, is a Gallic echo of Bach and Liszt—a Bach of the Boulevards.
— from Melomaniacs by James Huneker

placing himself on record in a

But Angevine Thorne had no thought for his quondam prison mates, he was placing himself on record in a protest against the law.
— from The Texican by Dane Coolidge

prince hurried out returned in a

The prince hurried out, returned in a moment with precipitation, and as he threw open the door the Inca started.
— from The Crimson Conquest: A Romance of Pizarro and Peru by Charles B. (Charles Bradford) Hudson

process however often results in a

This process, however, often results in a warfare of unequal wills between the child and the parent.
— from Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Reuel L. Howe

put himself on record in a

On September 9, 1792, Jefferson put himself on record in a letter to Washington.
— from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 1 (of 3) by Philip Morin Freneau

parents husbands or relatives intemperance and

Seduction; destitution; ill treatment by parents, husbands, or relatives; intemperance; and bad company, are the main causes of prostitution.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

placed himself on record in a

But in regard to the Beethoven symphonies he placed himself on record in a highly entertaining manner.
— from A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews

parents husbands or relatives is a

“Ill-treatment of parents, husbands, or relatives” is a prolific cause of prostitution, one hundred and sixty-four women assigning it as a reason for their fall.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

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