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result is likely to

The result is likely to be something very different from 76 the violent exploits in peculiarity that have been masquerading as originality lately.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

repetition is laughable though

on Oronte asking him if he thinks his poetry bad, the repetition is laughable, though evidently Oronte is not now playing with Alceste at the game we have just described.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson

roar is louder than

They have eyes like green beryls, and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract.”
— from The Happy Prince, and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

Roverbella I learnt that

Scarcely set out from Roverbella, I learnt that the enemy had appeared at Verona.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

rule is liable to

Now the worst part of the punishment is that he who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself.
— from The Republic by Plato

rammers in loading their

The important question of the influence of musketry-fire in battles is not new: it dates from the reign of Frederick the Great, and particularly from the battle of Mollwitz, which he gained (it was said) because his infantry-soldiers, by the use of cylindrical rammers in loading their muskets, were able to fire three shots per minute more than their enemies.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

rejoiced in leaving the

The road was smooth and well paved, now, and the country about was beautiful, so that the travelers rejoiced in leaving the forest far behind, and with it the many dangers they had met in its gloomy shades.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

reflection invariably left the

I little knew that my own lack of will-power, my delicate health, and the consequent uncertainty as to my future weighed far more heavily on my grandmother's mind than any little breach of the rules by her husband, during those endless perambulations, afternoon and evening, in which we used to see passing up and down, obliquely raised towards the heavens, her handsome face with its brown and wrinkled cheeks, which with age had acquired almost the purple hue of tilled fields in autumn, covered, if she were walking abroad, by a half-lifted veil, while upon them either the cold or some sad reflection invariably left the drying traces of an involuntary tear.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Rome I long to

Saith Paul to the church at Rome, 'I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may he established; that is, that I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me' (Rom. 1:11, 12)—(Bunyan's Christian Behaviour, vol.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

ruffian it leads to

The guilt of Eugene Aram is not that of a vulgar ruffian; it leads to views and considerations vitally and wholly distinct from those with which profligate knavery and brutal cruelty revolt and displease us in the literature of Newgate and the hulks.
— from Eugene Aram — Volume 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

returning in less time

Second,—forefinger, left hand,—on being welcomed by the entire force at Bleak Hill and asked how long they expected to stay, Abe had blurted out, "A hull week," explaining that Samuel's rule requiring at least seven days of exile from his wife every six months barred them from returning in less time.
— from Old Lady Number 31 by Louise Forsslund

Repeatedly in letters to

Repeatedly in letters to his friend Niccoli, during two years and more of anxiety and discontent passed by him from 1420 to 1422 in the Palace of the Prince Prelate, Bracciolini complained bitterly of the magnificent promises not being fulfilled that the Cardinal had held forth to him on condition of his accompanying him to England.
— from Tacitus and Bracciolini. The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by John Wilson Ross

record I left the

When I got my rights on record I left the camp, appointed a representative to look after my interests according to the laws of Mexico.
— from Forty Years Among the Indians A true yet thrilling narrative of the author's experiences among the natives by Daniel W. (Daniel Webster) Jones

return in less than

It is quite absurd, your idea of walking when you can reach the village and return in less than a third of the time by driving, and—and you know the poor lady's comfort should be our first thought, so toss on your hat and let us start at once!"
— from A Pasteboard Crown: A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris

revolves in less than

Jupiter revolves in less than ten hours round an axis at right angles to certain dark belts or bands, which always cross his equator.
— from On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville

rooms I learned that

Next day I missed seeing Fustov; and on the day after that, on going to his rooms, I learned that he had gone into the country to his uncle's, near Moscow.
— from The Jew and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

region is limited to

The cervical region is limited to a single vertebra which generally differs from the others in having no transverse processes or indication of ribs.
— from The Vertebrate Skeleton by Sidney H. (Sidney Hugh) Reynolds

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