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Stephanus numbers are given in the
Stephanus numbers are given in the right margin.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

several noblemen and gentlemen in the
He was entertained at the seats of several noblemen and gentlemen in the West of England; but the greatest part of the time was passed at Plymouth, where the magnificence of the navy, the ship-building and all its circumstances, afforded him a grand subject of contemplation.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

said nothing and got into the
She stepped round to look at us; she was a tall, proud-looking woman, and did not seem pleased about something, but she said nothing, and got into the carriage.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

see no absolute gaps in the
In looking back on the past, we see no absolute gaps in the continuity of our conscious life; our image of this past is essentially one of an unbroken series of conscious experiences.
— from Illusions: A Psychological Study by James Sully

short note and gave it to
Dr. Rumsey sat down, wrote a short note and gave it to Awdrey, who hurried off with it.
— from Dr. Rumsey's Patient: A Very Strange Story by L. T. Meade

scarcely needed any guide in the
The pilgrim to whom I refer, however, scarcely needed any guide in the Holy Land.
— from In the Levant Twenty Fifth Impression by Charles Dudley Warner

So noble and grand in thy
Thou picture of beauty and joy to the eye, So noble and grand in thy beauty and splendour That envy must tremble as she passeth by.
— from Revised Edition of Poems by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

snow now and gleaming in the
After greeting them, she pointed to the window, across the fields, almost bare of snow now and gleaming in the morning sunlight, to the bright waters of the cove.
— from The Inn at the Red Oak by Latta Griswold

splendid nerve and grit in that
But the boy had shown splendid nerve and grit in that vital matter of the gradual repayment of the moneys lost through his neglect at the Presidio in '98.
— from A Soldier's Trial: An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King


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