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seldom penetrates at Rome into domestic

Their luxury is rather that of the imagination, than the luxury of actual enjoyment;—isolated as they are among themselves, they cannot dread the spirit of ridicule, which seldom penetrates at Rome into domestic secrecy; and often, in contrasting the interior with the exterior of their palaces, one would say, that the greater part of the Italian nobility arrange their dwellings more to dazzle the passers-by than to receive their friends.
— from Corinne; Or, Italy. Volume 1 (of 2) by Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) Staël

some people are really in danger

" "But, Mark, you know some people are really in danger!
— from Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald

stout pin and running it down

At that she took a stout pin, and running it down the uneven seam, made a beautiful even parting, the thick, ruddy hair standing high on each side of it.
— from Maid Sally by Harriet A. (Harriet Anna) Cheever

several people and really I do

nests, are considered great delicacies in some countries, and so are dogs by several people, and really I do not see why a dog should not be as delicate as a pig.”
— from Ernest Bracebridge: School Days by William Henry Giles Kingston

same proverbs also recur In different

[Sidenote: Evidence that Proverbs comes from many different writers ] That our present book of Proverbs is the work of many unknown sages, and consists of a collection of smaller groups coming from different periods, is demonstrated by the superscriptions which recur throughout the book, such as, These are the proverbs of Solomon (x. 1), These also are the sayings of the wise (xxiv. 23), These are the proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out (xxv. 5), The words of King Lemuel (xxxi. 1), The same proverbs also recur In different groups, indicating that originally they were independent collections, gleaned from the same field.
— from The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Charles Foster Kent

same Pulawski also resultless I did

A feat of "Cloister BERDICZOW," almost an exact facsimile by the same Pulawski, also resultless, I did, under Hermann's guidance, at once find;—and hope the reader will be satisfied to accept it instead:
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Thomas Carlyle

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