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return Evagrius l iv
41 Note 38 ( return ) [ Evagrius, l. iv.
— 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

refined entered largely into
They were her countrywomen; and the beef and ale of their native land, with a moral diet not a whit more refined, entered largely into their composition.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

república estimula la industria
—Me hace Ud. recordar que en Panamá hay muy buenos ingenios y que el gobierno de esa república estimula la industria.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Religious Experience Lectures ix
The Varieties of Religious Experience. Lectures ix and x, "Conversion," pp. 189-258.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Registrado en las Islas
Registrado en las Islas Filipinas.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

remarks Elementary Lessons in
Prof. Huxley remarks ('Elementary Lessons in Physiology,' 5th edit.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

recently ended life in
It was his danger that was foremost in her thoughts—even if she wanted to save herself too—perhaps unconsciously: but then look at the warning she had, look at the lesson that could be drawn from every moment of the recently ended life in which all her memories were centred.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

refined entered largely into
They were her countrywomen: and the beef and ale of their native land, with a moral diet not a whit more refined, entered largely into their composition.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

representacion en las Iglesias
mandar al Nuncio no permita que se hagan comedias ni otro genero de representacion en las Iglesias y lugares sagrados;” Madrid, 4 Apr. 1656; “con la resolucion al margen de puño y letra de Su Mag d .
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

royally endowed love in
It was not the fine and essential difference between man and woman, but that more fatal gulf in which there would appear no certain glimpses of a [297] royally endowed love in all its spontaneity, its glow of feeling, its variation of rich emotions.
— from Hope Mills; Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda M. Douglas

Roman equites lay in
They formed a junction again under the walls of Luceria, the siege of which was prosecuted with the greater zeal, because the Roman equites lay in captivity there; the Apulians, particularly the Arpani, lent the Romans important assistance in the siege, especially by procuring supplies.
— from The History of Rome, Book II From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy by Theodor Mommsen

room every line in
Every detail of a room, every line in a face, every shop in a street he walked through, every man he spoke with, was registered in his indelible book of facts.
— from The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery by Marjorie Douie

Raciones en las Iglesias
“Dignidades, Calongias, Raciones en las Iglesias de Malaga, Antequera, Granada, Guadix, Canaria.” f. 200 89.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

resolute eyes looked into
She had tossed off her shawl, and the firelight fell on her pale, proud face; her lips were very firmly set, and her resolute eyes looked into the fire.
— from A Girl of the People by L. T. Meade

reason English literature is
Charles Kingsley, in his "Literary and General Essays" (p. 249), holds a like opinion:— "I said that the ages of history were analogous to the ages of man, and that each age of literature was the truest picture of the history of its day, and for this very reason English literature is the best, perhaps the only, teacher of English history, to women especially.
— from Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) McMurry

rich enjoyed life immensely
He became rich, enjoyed life immensely, lived in contentment and pleasure, until in mellow old age he went the way of all flesh.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

remarked Eugenia looking in
"I think I see Mr. Crittenden just come up the Trinità steps and turning this way," remarked Eugenia, looking in that direction.
— from Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

R ES L ITERARIÆ
B RYDGES , R ES L ITERARIÆ , B IBL .
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various


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