Wherever there appeared a bunch or angle that seemed out of place, Lacy endeavored to modify the over abundance by tacking on one of the ornaments taken from the old uniform of which a great number were used.
— from Watch Yourself Go By by Al. G. (Alfred Griffith) Field
Les demandes de la Minorité: D'une salle où on puisse les entendre.
— from Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger
We have seen our original protests largely effective, and rejoice that more liberal and generous, and, we believe, more just and true, religious convictions prevail; but have we been constructive and strengthening?
— from A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock
This is not one of our earliest violets; it blossoms later than the early white violet, V. rotundifolia or than the early Blue Violet, V. cucullata , or that delicate species V. striata , the lilac striped violet, which adorns the banks and hill sides on some of our plain lands, early in the month of May.
— from North American Wild Flowers by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill
Was he satisfied with his empire as it was and himself as he was, or did some vision, some high, ironical intimation of the latent and lost possibilities of his empire and of the world of Things Conceivable that lies beyond the poor tawdry splendours of our present loyalties, ever dawn upon him?
— from Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
This tended to reassure us in our theories that the ice of the Weddell Sea was drifting round in a clockwise direction, and that if we could stay on our piece long enough we must eventually be taken up to the north, where lay the open sea and the path to comparative safety.
— from South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917; Includes both text and audio files by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
More than that, he was taking deliberate aim at some object, only pausing long enough to make sure that when he fired the ball should not miss.
— from Wyoming by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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