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race but of the

The Japanese, like the Negro, is condemned to remain among us an abstraction, a symbol—and a symbol not merely of his own race but of the Orient and of that vague, ill-defined menace we sometimes refer to as the "yellow peril."
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

river boat on the

I even spent some days on a river boat on the Volga.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Revolution broke out they

When the American Revolution broke out they arose in great numbers, for public opinion then served, not to tyrannize over, but to direct the exertions of individuals.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

rather better on the

“She is rather better, on the contrary,” he replied, with a sly look out of the corner of his eyes.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

real business of the

But in our Island there arose a Puritanism, which even got itself established as a Presbyterianism and National Church among the Scotch; which came forth as a real business of the heart; and has produced in the world very notable fruit.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

refreshed but of this

With this peace we shall in the end be refreshed; but of this we have spoken abundantly in the preceding book.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

relations both on the

And if any one who is entrusted with orphans dies, let the relations both on the father's and mother's side, who are residing at home, including cousins, appoint another guardian within ten days, or be fined a drachma a day for neglect to do so.
— from Laws by Plato

robber barons of their

The Count himself had two, but the one immediately above his house was by far the most interesting and was the original seat of his ancestors, wild robber barons of their day; and a black deed was reported in the traditions of the peasantry around.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

right bank of the

They ran with pick-axes and iron-tipped poles in their hands, passed over the Mercy bridge, descended the right bank of the river, along the beach, and in less than twenty minutes the settlers were close to the enormous animal, above which flocks of birds already hovered.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

right bank of the

He pointed to an oasis of blackish green in the huge half-mown wet meadow that stretched along the right bank of the river.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

remarkable book on The

André Pezzani concludes in the following words his remarkable book on The Plurality of the Soul's Lives : "Apart from the belief in previous lives, nothing can be explained, neither the coming of a new soul into this evil world, the often incurable bodily infirmities, the disproportionate division of wealth, nor the inequality in intelligence and morality.
— from Reincarnation: A Study in Human Evolution by Théophile Pascal

refractory beasts of that

There is, moreover, a rib of the mastodon cow which he killed, hung up for the terror of all refractory beasts of that name in modern days.
— from Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 by Harriet Beecher Stowe

rugged bases of the

Eastward lonely cottages, faintly smoking dots in the landscape, straggled away to the rugged bases of the mountains.
— from Hyacinth by George A. Birmingham

Ruach broods over the

iv., p. 286, in which the rainbow overshadows the mystic ark, which carries the life across the restless flood of time, which drowns everything that has life, and promises that seed-time and harvest shall endure, and the Ruach broods over the waters.
— from Bible Studies: Essays on Phallic Worship and Other Curious Rites and Customs by J. M. (Joseph Mazzini) Wheeler

regular breathing of the

He had screwed down the lamp, so that the unusual light should not disturb the sleeper, and thus he sat in the dark, watching the moonlight as it was slowly sinking on the wall through an opening in the curtain, and listened to the regular breathing of the boy until weariness overcame him also and he fell asleep.
— from Problematic Characters: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

remark both of the

And at this pointed remark both of the girls giggled.
— from The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds by Edward Stratemeyer

rollers breaking on the

This once would have afforded her some satisfaction, but it did not matter now, and although the spot seemed made for confidential talk, she listened quietly to the rollers breaking on the beach.
— from The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss

red band on the

Wings above shining blue: beneath golden emerald green, with a common black stripe, and a broad red band on the posterior wings; ocelli none.
— from Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 2 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

removed by observing the

[Pg 81] The difficulty which besets the problem of mythology, owing to the remote antiquity of the myth-making age, is to some extent removed by observing the operation of the mythopœic faculty in the historic period.
— from Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol 1 of 2) by John Addington Symonds

real bigness of the

But this revelation of the real bigness of the woman caught my allegiance and fixed it.
— from Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Adele Garrison

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