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river Euphrates and committed to

Hereupon he left one whose name was Lysias, who was in great repute with him governor of the kingdom, as far as the bounds of Egypt, and of the Lower Asia, and reaching from the river Euphrates, and committed to him a certain part of his forces, and of his elephants, and charged him to bring up his son Antiochus with all possible care, until he came back; and that he should conquer Judea, and take its inhabitants for slaves, and utterly destroy Jerusalem, and abolish the whole nation.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

remains ever alive confessing the

In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

regular evolutions and converted the

The warlike states of antiquity, Greece, Macedonia, and Rome, educated a race of soldiers; exercised their bodies, disciplined their courage, multiplied their forces by regular evolutions, and converted the iron, which they possessed, into strong and serviceable weapons.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

refused everything and contrary to

We were immediately going to bandage up his wounds, and begged of him to take something strengthening; but he refused everything, and, contrary to all expectation, we soon heard that he had expired.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

renown embarked at Constantinople the

The præfect and patrician John, a general of experience and renown, embarked at Constantinople the forces of the Eastern empire; they were joined by the ships and soldiers of Sicily, and a powerful reenforcement of Goths was obtained from the fears and religion of the Spanish monarch.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

real estate and came to

“Well,” Alec had answered, “if you want to know the shocking truth, his father was a grocery clerk who made a fortune in Tacoma real estate and came to New York ten years ago.”
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

rather endure a crime than

" "I would rather endure a crime than commit one.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

reader examine and compare the

Let the unbiased reader examine and compare the oriental and Christian bibles together, and he will note the following facts, viz:— 1.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

real embarrassment a curious thrill

It would tax his invention, certainly, and I felt, this time, over his real embarrassment, a curious thrill of triumph.
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

replied Ethelston and continued to

“Very well,” replied Ethelston, and continued to pace the deck, revolving in his mind all the strange events of the last month,—his illness, the unfortunate passion of Nina, and her strange behaviour when he bid her farewell.
— from The Prairie-Bird by Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir

reached Elizabethgrad and caused the

"It is at least certain that rumours of a rising had reached Elizabethgrad, and caused the heads of the Jewish community, who form a third of its thirty thousand inhabitants, to apply for special protection from the Governor.
— from Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883 by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

royal edict and continued to

The Parlement of Paris flatly refused to register the royal edict, and continued to receive appeals.
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

rude exclamation and continued to

Benham repelled the suggestion with a rude exclamation, and continued to ride towards the battery.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 2 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens

regarded either as closing the

There is a transition narrative which, so far as the thought in it is concerned, may be regarded either as closing the fourth or as beginning the fifth section of the book.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation by William Milligan

readily excused and could take

Then he might be more readily excused and could take his rifle and seek the depths of the forest, where everything grew by nature's aid alone, and man need not work, unless the spirit moved him to do so.
— from The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

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