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sensations of unconscious copying enter
It is easily understood that a man in whose store of memory visual or acoustic images occupy the foremost place may be inclined to deny that motor sensations of unconscious copying enter to any extent into his psychical experience.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

south of Udaipur city Erskine
[Rakhabhdev, with a famous Jain temple, forty miles south of Udaipur city (Erskine ii. A. 118).] 18 .
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

state of unconquerable childish embarrassment
And, having glanced round the room, Prince Andrew turned to Rostóv, whose state of unconquerable childish embarrassment now changing to anger he did not condescend to notice, and said: “I think you were talking of the Schön Grabern affair?
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

sinful or unholy can enter
Surely not, for nothing sinful or unholy can enter the courts of glory.
— from Mr. Durant of Salt Lake City, "That Mormon" by Ben. E. (Benjamin Erastus) Rich

sort of unconscious conspiracy existing
There is a sort of unconscious conspiracy existing amongst them against each other's individuality.
— from Character by Samuel Smiles

sense of urgency completely even
But he knew he could never get away from that sense of urgency completely, even out here.
— from Anything You Can Do ... by Randall Garrett

suit of uniform clothes every
The salaries are from fifty to sixty guineas per annum, with a stated allowance for each man of bread, beef, butter, oatmeal, vegetables, and small-beer, with fourpence a day extra for tea, &c. They have also a suit of uniform clothes every third year.
— from Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel by Anonymous

stamp of universal currency except
I cannot, at the moment, recall any words of theirs that have this stamp of universal currency except Christopher Marlowe’s “Love me little, so you love me long.”
— from The Connecticut Wits, and Other Essays by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

system of unrestrained competition each
Given a system of unrestrained competition, each firm will have to count costs to within a fraction of a cent and reduce expenses to the lowest possible amount.
— from Consumers and Wage-Earners: The Ethics of Buying Cheap by J. Elliot (John Elliot) Ross

smallest of us could eat
For the appetite of man in that respect is unlimited; in truth, infinite; and the smallest of us could eat the entire Solar System, had we the chance given, and then cry, like Alexander of Macedon, because we had no more Solar Systems to cook and eat.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01 by Thomas Carlyle

species of Urania called Ensete
Mooz , Musa paradisiaca, a coarse kind of plantain, which is reared on some few spots in Efát for the royal table, and two species of Urania, called Ensete and Koba .
— from The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir

storm of unsparing criticism even
It there encountered a storm of unsparing criticism even in the house of commons, but still more in the house of lords.
— from The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by John Knight Fotheringham

system of universal compulsory education
What is called the 'education of the masses' cannot be accomplished except with difficulty; and even if a system of universal compulsory education be applied, they can only be reached outwardly: those individual lower levels where, generally speaking, the masses come into contact with culture, where the people nourishes its religious instinct, where it poetises its mythological images, where it keeps up its faith in its customs, privileges, native soil, and language—all these levels can scarcely be reached by direct means, and in any case only by violent demolition.
— from On the Future of our Educational Institutions by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


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