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And all the time those tender mother eyes, those keen scientific eyes, noting every condition and circumstance, and learning how to “take time by the forelock” and avoid discussion before occasion arose.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Thou shalt entertain no evil counsel against thy neighbour.
— from Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler
Allienus autem praetor putabat aliquem, si ego non, ex collegis suis.
— from Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
She wore corsets; she had silk, or handsome woollen and cotton dresses, according to the season, expensive neckerchiefs, embroidered caps and collars, lace ruffles at her throat, boots instead of shoes, and, altogether, adopted a richness and elegance of apparel which renewed the youthfulness of her appearance.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac
As she stole forward on the fresh trail she scanned every nook, every clump of bushes.
— from Indian Child Life by Charles Alexander Eastman
“ HASTEN, LORD, THE GLORIOUS TIME. ” Hasten, Lord, the glorious time When beneath Messiah's sway Every nation, every clime Shall the Gospel call obey.
— from The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Hezekiah Butterworth
2. Mongolia and Tibet shall each nominate eight candidates.
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
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