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played important parts in the

Domesday tells us also the names of the officers and artisans who played important parts in the old village communities.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

pot is patented in the

Assigned to Charles Parker, Meriden, Conn. 1856—Waite and Sener's Old Dominion pot is patented in the United States.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

puzzle I propose is to

The puzzle I propose is to cut the board five by five (Fig. 2) into two pieces of the same size and shape in as many different ways as possible.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

peaceably inclined people in the

6 Such was the problem which confronted Governor Taft in 1903 as to public order and protection of the peaceably inclined people, in the two main provinces hereinafter dealt with.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

proposition is proved in the

Proof.—This proposition is proved in the same way as the preceding one.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

Persecutions in Piedmont in the

An account of the persecutions of Calabria 107 Account of the persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont 110 Account of the persecutions in Venice 117 An account of several remarkable individuals who were martyred in different parts of Italy, on account of their religion 119 An account of the persecutions in the marquisate of Saluces 122 Persecutions in Piedmont in the Seventeenth century 122 Further persecutions in Piedmont 126 Narrative of the Piedmontese War 134 Persecution of Michael de Molinos, a native of Spain 144 CHAPTER VII.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

proscribed its place is taken

When emphasis is proscribed, its place is taken by all sorts of ridiculous, affected, and ephemeral pronunciations, such as one observes especially among the young people about court.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Politics In Politics if thou

O why, &c. H2 anchor On Politics In Politics if thou would'st mix, And mean thy fortunes be; Bear this in mind,—be deaf and blind, Let great folk hear and see. H2 anchor Braw Lads O' Galla Water Braw, braw lads on Yarrow-braes, They rove amang the blooming heather; But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws Can match the lads o' Galla Water.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

perform it pride in the

Once, in speaking of the Alert's crew, in a company of gentlemen, I heard him say that that crew was exceptional: that he had passed all his life at sea, but whether before the mast or abaft, whether officer or master, he had never met such a crew, and never should expect to; and that the two officers of the Alert, long ago shipmasters, agreed with him that, for intelligence, knowledge of duty and willingness to perform it, pride in the ship, her appearance and sailing, and in absolute reliableness, they never had seen their equal.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

purge itself partly into the

That by melting without any addition, it seems to purge itself partly into the vitrescible matters it includes, since it emits to its surface small drops of glass, which form pretty considerable masses, and which we can easily separate after refrigeration.
— from Buffon's Natural History. Volume 10 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

plays its part in the

Nearly every organ of the body plays its part in the emotions: the digestive organs, the liver, the kidneys, the throat and mouth, the salivary glands, the eyes and tear glands, the skin muscles, the facial muscles, etc.
— from The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by William Henry Pyle

poetry its productions in the

Of the two divisions of that poetry, its productions in the langue d'oïl and its productions in the langue d'oc , the poetry of the langue d'oc ,[88] of southern France, of the troubadours, is of importance because of its effect on Italian literature;—the first literature of modern Europe to strike the true and grand note, and to bring forth, as in Dante and Petrarch it brought forth, classics.
— from Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold

power it provided in the

To prevent the growth of a "central money power," it provided, in the third place, for the creation of twelve federal reserve banks, one in each of twelve great districts into which the country is divided.
— from History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard

parts I passed in the

This gentleman took it into his head to list under my banner, and pursued me so very assiduously with flattery, constantly reminding me of my good sense, that I grew immoderately fond of him; for though flattery is not most judiciously applied to qualities which the persons flattered possess, yet as, notwithstanding my being well assured of my own parts, I passed in the whole court for a fool, this flattery was a very sweet morsel to me.
— from A Journey from This World to the Next by Henry Fielding

pictured in powerful intensity the

She recalled to mind a sermon she had once heard in Alder Creek glen, in which had been pictured in powerful intensity the wrong of taking human life, and the murderer's unrest and troubled conscience forever after.
— from The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky by Henry Cleveland Wood

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