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sonnet in praise of

A sonnet in praise of Rome was accepted as the effusion of genius and gratitude; and after the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine of St. Peter.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

senate in place of

Taking upon himself the care and inspection of all offices, he dictated letters, wrote proclamations in his father’s name, and pronounced his speeches in the senate in place of the quaestor.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

speak in praise of

But who can with correctness speak in praise of a mediocrity of evils?
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

so I put on

I knew who “they” were, so I put on my boots and waterproof and scuttled out into the slush.
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

sometimes I pass over

I never travel without books, either in peace or war; and yet sometimes I pass over several days, and sometimes months, without looking on them.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

sense is public opinion

In what sense is public opinion objective?
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

spent in professions of

After a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr. Collins was called from his amiable Charlotte by the arrival of Saturday.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

sermons in praise of

Under a name which called up recollections of the vilest trading upon theological intolerance, he here glances at Dr. Henry Sacheverell, whose trial (Feb. 27-March 20, 1710) for his sermons in praise of the divine right of kings and contempt of the Whigs, and his sentence of suspension for three years, had caused him to be admired enthusiastically by all party politicians who were of his own way of thinking.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

spent in Pursuit of

His Thoughts hang at best in a State of Doubtfulness and Uncertainty; and are never capable of receiving any Satisfaction on the advantageous Side; so that his Enquiries are most successful when they discover nothing: His Pleasure arises from his Disappointments, and his Life is spent in Pursuit of a Secret that destroys his Happiness if he chance to find it.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Song in praise of

331 Enter Sir Merlin , singing a Song in praise of a Rake-hell’s Life.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume IV by Aphra Behn

skating in putting on

No time was lost by those accustomed to skating in putting on their skates.
— from Ernest Bracebridge: School Days by William Henry Giles Kingston

Stedman in Poets of

Essays, by Higginson, in Old Cambridge; by Woodberry, in Makers of Literature; by Stedman, in Poets of America.
— from Outlines of English and American Literature An Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William J. (William Joseph) Long

So I passed on

So I passed on.
— from The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

student in possession of

This science, then, lies at the very base of all real education, and a mastery of it puts the student in possession of the only weapon by means of which he may master all other sciences.
— from Plain English by Marian Wharton

still in pink or

Was she still in pink or would she wear the red gown of yesterday?
— from The Battle Ground by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

spot in Palestine one

So perfect is the agreement of the land and the Book, that [298] frequently when standing upon some elevated spot in Palestine one could read the story of Joshua, Judges and Samuel, and follow accurately with the eye the movements from place to place, as readily as on a modern map.
— from The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis

skill in playing on

In the seventh chapter of The Romany Rye , Borrow tells how he one day got his dinner “entirely off the body of a squirrel which had been shot the day before by a chal of the name of Piramus, who, besides being a good shot, was celebrated for his skill in playing on the fiddle.”
— from The Gypsy's Parson: his experiences and adventures by Hall, George, rector of Ruckland, Lincolnshire

saying in praise of

Then gave up the search, and listened to what the Editress was saying in praise of “To Test Her Love.”
— from Twos and Threes by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern

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