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rising ground in the

As the night advanced, and I saw on the rim of the west how full you were of woe, As I stood on the rising ground in the breeze in the cool transparent night, As I watch'd where you pass'd and was lost in the netherward black of the night, As my soul in its trouble dissatisfied sank, as where you sad orb, Concluded, dropt in the night, and was gone.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

republican governments is to

We have seen that the tendency of republican governments is to an aggrandizement of the legislative at the expense of the other departments.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

reaped gather in the

Let not those that reap, and gather in the corn that is reaped, gather in the gleanings also; but let them rather leave some handfuls for those that are in want of the necessaries of life, that it may be a support and a supply to them, in order to their subsistence.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

reapers glittered in the

And days and weeks passed, the bright scythes of the reapers glittered in the corn-fields, the branches of the apple-trees bent low, heavy with the red and golden fruit.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

revengeful ghosts in the

Fire in every horrible form: pits of flame waving in the wind; liquid metal-flames writhing in tortuous streams through the sand; wide caldrons filled with boiling fire, over which bent ghastly wretches stirring the strange brewing; and through all, crowds of half-clad men, looking like revengeful ghosts in the red light, hurried, throwing masses of glittering fire.
— from Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis

relic gave it to

My mother gave it to me, and I, fool as I was, instead of keeping the ring as a holy relic, gave it to this wretch.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

read Great is the

[441] And in another psalm we read, "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness, increasing the joy of the whole earth."
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

rather glory in this

44-17: "Let not a man glory in this, that he love his country; Let him rather glory in this, that he love his kind."-
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

ruffed grouse in the

I laughed at myself, yet the sudden rising of a ruffed grouse in the deep forests at home will frequently startle a chap quite as badly as this, and I am sure that the poor toucan was more scared than I, for I nearly stepped on him when I approached the river bank.
— from Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds by William La Varre

report goes in that

The report goes in that we are all right, and we steam to Bremerhaven without let or hindrance.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, February 1904, No. 159. by Various

remember getting into the

But I was all used up before that, so I wasn't really—I must have fainted, for I don't remember getting into the house—and I do think fainting is the silliest thing!
— from Lonesome Land by B. M. Bower

risvegliare give it the

She wanted to Ma il bacio lo poteva risvegliare; give it the morning kiss; but the Svegliarlo non voleva, e con la mano kiss might awaken it.
— from The Montessori Elementary Material The Advanced Montessori Method by Maria Montessori

recovered ground in this

The invaders were again driven back with loss at Lacolle Mill; but at the end of the season they recovered ground in this quarter by dispersing [Pg 440] the British army and the fleet of Lake Champlain at Plattsburg, an engagement which led to the recall of Sir George Prevost, whose bad generalship was blamed for this reverse.
— from Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France by Claude Glennon Bryan

Roman garrison in this

The place also allotted for these eight hundred soldiers, as for a Roman garrison, in this place, would most naturally be not so remote from Jerusalem as was the other Emmaus, or Nicopolis.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

results given in the

In this manner the results given in the following table were obtained:— PRODUCE FROM FIVE POUNDS OF THE Oz.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

richest groups in the

On something as useful as a controlled-length laser beam, that's quite an advantage—last I heard, Clan Vader was one of the richest groups in the Empire.
— from Zeta Exchange: A Terran Empire story by Ann Wilson

red glow in the

As they rode on down a red glow in the black bowels of the ravine grew into a fire that dyed a deeper chrome the yellow walls of the fonda .
— from Over the Border: A Novel by Herman Whitaker

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