H.E. iv. 22), where the relationship is directly defined or already known, and there is no wavering as to the meaning.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

A minute might have passed, but the sounds were already receding in different directions, and gradually losing their distinctness beneath the echoing arches of the woods.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

v [A13P] disperse, run in different directions.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

réalisé par un collectif de six auteurs (Chantal Beaslay, Laure Carlon, Luc Dall'Armellina, Philippe Meuriot, Anika Mignotte et Claude Rouah) - issus du département hypermédias de l'Université Paris 8 - autour d'un symbole primordial et spirituel, celui de l'oeuf.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Die monarchische Regierungsform ist die dem Menschen natürliche —Monarchy is the form of government that is natural to mankind.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The slanting rays of the sun were still hot; his clothes, soaked through with perspiration, stuck to his body; his left boot full of water weighed heavily on his leg and squeaked at every step; the sweat ran in drops down his powder-grimed face, his mouth was full of the bitter taste, his nose of the smell of powder and stagnant water, his ears were ringing with the incessant whir of the snipe; he could not touch the stock of his gun, it was so hot; his heart beat with short, rapid throbs; his hands shook with excitement, and his weary legs stumbled and staggered over the hillocks and in the swamp, but still he walked on and still he shot.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Of Systems possible, if 'tis confest That Wisdom infinite must form the best, Where all must full or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree; Then, in the scale of reas'ning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as Man: And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has plac'd him wrong?
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

People read, in different degrees, according to their private tastes.
— from Adventures Among Books by Andrew Lang

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— from Dickens' London by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

He describes several corridors radiating in different directions through the hillside, forming a sort of labyrinth in which his party almost lost themselves, and in which they 283 were finally checked by the presence of mephitic vapours.
— from Naples, Past and Present by Arthur H. (Arthur Hamilton) Norway

The mother's heart had received its death dart, and her whole soul appeared to undergo a sudden change.
— from Tales of My Time, Vol. 2 (of 3) Who Is She? [concluded]; The Young Reformers by William Pitt Scargill

They flew away, all of them, running in different directions, with their pitchers on their heads, and in a short time no one could be seen in the vicinity of the fountain of the Queen but poor Roseta, who with loosened hair, skirts torn, face dirty with dust and blood, went crying home.
— from The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

With the rapidly increasing daylight definiteness ensues, and railings, benches, roadway, and other details of the Park add strength to the picture.
— from The Emily Emmins Papers by Carolyn Wells