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resting upon pillars that
The middle was much higher than the rest, and the wall of the front was adorned with beams, resting upon pillars, that were interwoven into it, and that front was all of polished stone, insomuch that its fineness, to such as had not seen it, was incredible, and to such as had seen it, was greatly amazing.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

remembrance unforgotten present to
remembering, remembered &c. v.; mindful, reminiscential[obs3]; retained in the memory &c. v.; pent up in one's memory; fresh; green, green in remembrance; unforgotten, present to the mind; within one's memory &c. n.; indelible; uppermost in one's thoughts; memorable &c. (important) 642.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

readier unto perdition than
Be thou ashamed therefore, slothful and discontented servant, for they are found readier unto perdition than thou unto life.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

Read under Protocol transfers
Read under "Protocol transfers" below for more information about how to do this.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

risen unless perchance there
Our last dawn has risen, unless perchance there be one here so soft that he fears to offer himself to the blows, or so unwarlike that he dares not avenge his lord, and disowns all honours worthy of his valour.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

refused us permission to
At first they refused us permission to embark, and declined to put in at any port on the west coast.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

remained upstairs packing till
She remained upstairs packing till breakfast-time, and then came down in her ordinary week-day clothes, her Sunday apparel being carefully folded in her box.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

rowed used purposely to
To proceed: every time he passed with his vessel he anchored in a cove that was not two crossbow shots from the garden where Zoraida was waiting; and there the renegade, together with the two Moorish lads that rowed, used purposely to station himself, either going through his prayers, or else practising as a part what he meant to perform in earnest.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

reverence usually paid to
Whoever shall receive any of these into his mind, and entertain them there with the reverence usually paid to principles, never venturing to examine them, but accustoming himself to believe them, because they are to be believed, may take up, from his education and the fashions of his country, any absurdity for innate principles; and by long poring on the same objects, so dim his sight as to take monsters lodged in his own brain for the images of the Deity, and the workmanship of his hands.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

rowed up past the
Dave and Phil entered the boat and rowed up past the rotting and now half burned timbers of the old pier.
— from The Auto Boys' Mystery by James A. (James Andrew) Braden

ran up past the
About 6 P. M. we ran up past the Arsenal and finally fastened to the wharf.
— from The Boy Spy A substantially true record of secret service during the war of the rebellion, a correct account of events witnessed by a soldier by Joseph Orton Kerbey

receive us provided that
A ship was found whose captain was willing to receive us provided that we could get to him without being observed.
— from My Adventures as a Spy by Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron

right up past the
I was 'fraid he'd kill me, too, and I ran and ran and ran, right up past the middle tower of the giant's castle and down the other side, and I got awful thirsty.
— from Bloom of Cactus by Robert Ames Bennet

Rowena up past the
“I was going,” said I, “to take Rowena up past the camp and beyond the hotel and the electric light to the curio store.
— from Maw's Vacation: The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone by Emerson Hough

rattle underneath proclaimed that
[Pg 171] A slight rattle underneath proclaimed that a bunch of keys was swinging from the lock.
— from Yankee Boys in Japan; Or, The Young Merchants of Yokohama by Henry Harrison Lewis

reached up preparatory to
She reached up, preparatory to pulling herself to the top—and drew back with a stifled cry.
— from The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

record upon paper the
How easy is it to record upon paper the sweeping words—“Nineteen years had passed away since the occurrences just related:”—how easy is it with a few moments’ manipulation of the pen to leap over a period embracing almost the fifth part of a century!
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

resolved upon proceeding to
I had received, in advance, a sum of money from my tempter, Learmont, and after some thought I resolved upon proceeding to London, and there endeavouring to forget the horrors I had gone through, in the varied amusements of a great city.
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

relied upon prove to
[94] When the instances mainly relied upon prove to be so evidentially valueless, it would be waste of time to follow Professor Fuller through the less important and more imaginary proofs of accuracy which his industry has amassed.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar


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