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peace is no government at

And a government which cannot preserve the peace, is no government at all, and in that case we pay our money for nothing; and pray what is it that Britain can do, whose power will be wholly on paper, should a civil tumult break out the very day after reconciliation?
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

phrase is now general and

The phrase is now general, and any one who has a hard task before him, knows he must WIRE-IN to bring matters to a successful issue.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

pleasure is not great and

Heaven knows that the pleasure is not great, and that I care very little for it.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

phase interrupts no growth and

The great division of history into phases by Turgot and Comte first affirmed this law in its outlines by asserting the unity of progress, for a mere phase interrupts no growth, and nature shows innumerable such phases.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

point I now give a

—In order to further illustrate this point, I now give a game played in the Havana International Masters Tournament of 1913.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

present is now gone almost

The boat-fishery; accordingly, which, before the establishment of the buss-bounty, was very considerable, and is said to have employed a number of seamen, not inferior to what the buss-fishery employs at present, is now gone almost entirely to decay.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Papuans in New Guinea and

Take [ 162 ] your lace-making machine to the Papuans in New Guinea, and it is valueless."
— from Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher

pleasure I never gave a

'For the rest of the afternoon's pleasure, I never gave a second's thought to my mother and sister.'
— from Chatterbox, 1906 by Various

position is not good and

'Managing clerks get more, sometimes; but, to be sure, the position is not good, and the income must always be small.'
— from The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Walter Besant

Philippine Islands New Guinea and

East Indies , the name loosely applied to Hindustan, the Indo-Chinese peninsula, and a portion of the Eastern Archipelago, but excluding the Philippine Islands, New Guinea, and Australia.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde Volume 4, Part 1 by Various

picturesque if not graceful and

Sometimes it is possible to see a real mountain-dance, which is certainly picturesque, if not graceful, and belongs peculiarly to the spot, and
— from Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Louisa Stuart Costello

pay is no gentleman and

There be those who affirm that he who owes a debt for goods which he cannot pay is no gentleman, and tradesmen when they cannot get their money are no doubt sometimes inclined to hold that opinion.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

position is now generally accepted

This position is now generally accepted as the legitimate outcome of the scientific study of the criminal.
— from The Criminal by Havelock Ellis

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