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soul in Pope and

He saturated himself with the fluent numbers of Longfellow and Tennyson, and fortified himself with Shakespeare; found a kindred soul in Pope, and a master in Shelley, and heard and fled the siren voices of Eliza Cook and Mrs. Hemans.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

suggests itself pro and

So much suggests itself pro and con , one thing leads on to another so naturally, that he finds it difficult to decide in practical affairs or to conclude in matters of theory.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

solidify into protective and

On the other hand, beautiful thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of grace and kindliness, which solidify into genial and sunny circumstances: pure thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance and self-control, which solidify into circumstances of repose and peace: thoughts of courage, self-reliance, and decision crystallize into manly habits, which solidify into circumstances of success, plenty, and freedom: energetic thoughts crystallize into habits of cleanliness and industry, which solidify into circumstances of pleasantness: gentle and forgiving thoughts crystallize into habits of gentleness, which solidify into protective and preservative circumstances: loving and unselfish thoughts crystallize into habits of self-forgetfulness for others, which solidify into circumstances of sure and abiding prosperity and true riches.
— from As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

Studies in psychology and

Studies in psychology and aesthetics.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

set in parterres among

Deprived of this advantage, however, Isabel’s visitors retained that of an extreme sweetness and shyness of demeanour, and of having, as she thought, eyes like the balanced basins, the circles of “ornamental water,” set, in parterres, among the geraniums.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

Sentence in part a

a Boat came up this evening, I punished Hall agreeable to his Sentence in part, a fine after noon; Suped with Mr. Ducett an agreeable man more agreeable Lady, this Gentleman has a Delightfull Situation & garden.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

servants in particular as

The Kondhs of Bara Mootah promised to relinquish the Meriah rite on condition, inter alia , that they should be at liberty to sacrifice buffaloes, monkeys, goats, etc., to their deities, with all the solemnities observed on occasions of human sacrifice; and that they should further be at liberty, upon all occasions, to denounce to their gods the Government, and some of its servants in particular, as the cause of their having relinquished the great rite.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

slow in profit and

The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder; Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me, Therefore I part with him; and part with him To one that I would have him help to waste His borrow'd purse.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

small iron pin and

I picked up a small iron pin and tossed it at the spot where I felt sure the islander was hiding.
— from The White Waterfall by James Francis Dwyer

sought in prayer an

Not a word escaped him; but again he calmly pursued the service, and soon after sought in prayer an ability to set an example before his household which would be worthy of their imitation.
— from McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

succeeded in playing a

The English who remained succeeded in playing a dirty trick.
— from From Libau to Tsushima A narrative of the voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky's fleet to eastern seas, including a detailed account of the Dogger Bank incident by Evgenii Sigizmundovich Politovskii

strengthened in peace and

The wise, kind friend would be there; we should talk, and I should come away refreshed and strengthened, in peace and courage; I thought of nothing more.
— from Rosin the Beau by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

says it presents an

The chief peculiarity of the Codex is the large number of important omissions in it; so that, as Dr. Dobbin says, it presents an abbreviated text of [376] the New Testament.
— from Roman Mosaics; Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan

Secure if possible an

Secure, if possible, an emphatic beginning.
— from The Century Handbook of Writing by Easley S. (Easley Stephen) Jones

Show is playing at

“DeWitt informs me that the Indian Show is playing at Bryan this week.
— from The Wishing Well by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

succeeded in procuring a

Having at last, with the assistance of the neighbouring fishermen, succeeded in procuring a few transports, he despatched two of them across the river, bearing Count Brahe and 300 Swedes.
— from The Thirty Years War — Complete by Friedrich Schiller

saw in Paris as

All which things Victurnien beheld entirely from his own point of view; he felt the equality that he saw in Paris as a personal wrong.
— from The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac

steeped in pitch and

Boys were drilled and taught the use of the arquebus; women prepared brands steeped in pitch and sulphur to fling at the enemy, and they melted lead from the roofs into bullets.
— from Freaks of Fanaticism, and Other Strange Events by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

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