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question alone he is right and
Looking to the logic of the question alone he is right, and looking to the Page 316
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

quarrels and his impenetrable reserve about
There is a curious contrast between Dickens's sentimental indiscretions concerning his marriage and his sorrows and quarrels, and his impenetrable reserve about himself as displayed in his published correspondence.
— from Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward

question alone he is right and
Looking to the logic of the question alone he is right, and looking to the practical syntax of the question he is right, also.
— from The English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

quickly and held it raising a
" Hettie drew in her breath quickly and held it, raising a glad glance to the speaker's face.
— from Westerfelt by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

Quodgen and having in readiness a
He continued a year and a half in his father's house, where he studied and sometimes preached; during which 358 time he wrote all his sermons before he preached them, until one day, being to preach after the communion of Quodgen, and having in readiness a sermon which he had preached at another place one day before, but perceiving severals there who had heard him preach that sermon formerly, he resolved to choose a new text, and wrote only some notes of the heads he was to deliver; yet, he says, he found, at that time, more assistance in enlarging upon these points, and more motion in his own heart than ever he had found before, which made him afterwards never write any more sermons, excepting only some notes for the help of his memory.
— from Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie


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