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stairs but if they

If a stranger calls, bringing a letter of introduction, and sends the letter, you may read it before going down stairs, but if they wait till you are in the parlor before presenting the letter, merely glance at the signature and at the name of your caller; do not read the letter through, unless it is very short, or you are requested by the bearer to do so.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

stuff baked in the

There’s plenty of stuff baked in the house.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

shillings by instructing the

In addition to his other vocations, he was the singing-master of the neighborhood, and picked up many bright shillings by instructing the young folks in psalmody.
— from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

simple but I thought

But my mind was full of our conversation, and as I went on pondering over the matter, I thought that Yusuf might be right in his opinion as to the essence of God, for it seemed evident that the Creator of all beings ought to be perfectly simple; but I thought at the same time how impossible it would be for me, because the Christian religion had made a mistake, to accept the Turkish creed, which might perhaps have just a conception of God, but which caused me to smile when I recollected that the man who had given birth to it had been an arrant imposter.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

soil but in the

“‘Continuing our progress, we perceived a district with vegetables that grew not upon any soil but in the air.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

sweet babe in the

7 Mr. W. B. Scott has painted a beautiful picture of Eve gazing up with longing at a sweet babe in the tree, whose serpent coils beneath she does not see.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Stopford Brooke in Theology

Criticism: Essays, by Carlyle; by R.L. Stevenson, in Familiar Studies; by Hazlitt, in Lectures on the English Poets; by Stopford Brooke, in Theology in the English Poets; by J. Forster, in Great Teachers.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

struggle began in the

I did so, and, as I fumbled with my pocket, a struggle began in the darkness about my knees, perfectly silent on her part and with the same peculiar cooing sounds from the Morlocks.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

since beauty is the

That since beauty is the opposite of ugliness, they are two?
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

stepped back into the

A melancholy smile passed over his lips; he stepped back into the chamber, folded his hands, prayed, and felt rest and peace.
— from O. T., A Danish Romance by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

shaded black in the

This statement may at first seem opposed to the fact, that the tract between Antwerp and Nieuport, shaded black in the annexed map ( fig. 38 ), although now dry land, and supporting a large population, has, within the historical period, been covered with the sea.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

shrunk back into the

Steps were now heard mounting the stair that led into the chamber; Losely shrunk back into the recess beside the mantelpiece.
— from What Will He Do with It? — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

shall be interpreted to

If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by the applicable state law.
— from For Love of a Bedouin Maid by Voleur

she burst into tears

The old man simply opened his arms and took her to his heart, where, overcome with emotion, mingling pride and grief and anxiety and tender, budding love, she burst into tears and hid her burning face.
— from A War-Time Wooing: A Story by Charles King

Stand back I tell

"Stand back, I tell ye, unless ye want a hole in yer own skin, for his last moment is come."
— from Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

succeeds by inheritance to

The son succeeds by inheritance to his father's relict, who, being generally in years, is condemned to be useful when she has ceased to be an ornament, and, if there are several, they are equally divided amongst the heirs.
— from Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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