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pick up the other until the

The Loriotte came in just after dark, and let go her anchor, making no attempt to pick up the other until the next day.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

pursue unbeaten tracts of usefulness the

"Free," muttered he; "free; that is a word for men; the more our intellectual range is [146] unfettered, the freer we are to pursue unbeaten tracts of usefulness the better; but free is a dangerous word on the lips of a woman."
— from Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Newby, C. J., Mrs.

picked up the other under the

Superintendent Galloway picked up one by the foot of the bed, and I picked up the other under the broken gas-globe.
— from The Shrieking Pit by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees

placed upon the other until the

In cold weather or damp, non-drying weather it may be well to add just a trifle of drying japan, in order to insure the good drying of the several coats of paint, and it will be hardly needed to add that no coat of paint shall be placed upon the other until the former one has completed its drying.
— from Graining and Marbling A Series of Practical Treatises on Material, Tools and Appliances Used; General Operations; Preparing Oil Graining Colors; Mixing; Rubbing; Applying Distemper Colors; Wiping Out; Penciling; The Use of Crayons; Review of Woods; The Graining of Oak, Ash, Cherry, Satinwood, Mahogany, Maple, Bird's Eye Maple, Sycamore, Walnut, Etc.; Marbling in All Shades. by F. (Frederick) Maire

prey upon themselves or upon their

The weak or the malicious are well employed in any thing that is innocent, and are fortunate in finding any occupation which prevents the effects of a temper that would prey upon themselves, or upon their fellow creatures.
— from An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition by Adam Ferguson

pause upon the outskirts until the

Gaining the woods, the lover dashes into the tangled thickets, while the friends considerately pause upon the outskirts until the screams of the bride have died away."
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

pain upon the offender unless that

It would be absurd, after an offence has already been committed, to increase the sum of misery in the world, by inflicting pain upon the offender, unless that pain were afterwards to be productive of happiness to society, either by preventing the criminal from repeating his offence, or by deterring others from similar enormities.
— from Practical Education, Volume I by Richard Lovell Edgeworth

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