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stir the embers put into
V. reproduce; restore &c. 660; revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate; remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible; multiply, repeat; resurge[obs3]. crop up, spring up like mushrooms.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

shops to entice people inside
Barker , a man employed to cry at the doors of “gaffs,” shows, and puffing shops, to entice people inside.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

sent to every place I
The truth is, I had received letters of it two days ago, but had dropped them, and was in a very extraordinary straite what to do for them, or what account to give my Lady, but sent to every place; I sent to Moreclacke, where I had been the night before, and there they were found, which with mighty joy come safe to me; but all ending with satisfaction to my Lady and me, though I find my Lady Carteret not much pleased with this delay, and principally because of the plague, which renders it unsafe to stay long at Deptford.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

storm the enemy poured into
While he was employed in assisting and encouraging the people, Canterbury was taken by storm; the enemy poured into the town, and destroyed all that came in their way by fire and sword.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

State the executive power is
The legislative power is the heart of the State; the executive power is its brain, which causes the movement of all the parts.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

seeing this extraordinary performer in
MUNDEN Not many nights ago we had come home from seeing this extraordinary performer in Cockletop; and when we retired to our pillow, his whimsical image still stuck by us, in a manner as to threaten sleep.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

shape That ever penury in
While I may scape I will preserve myself: and am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape That ever penury in contempt of man, Brought near to beast: my face I’ll grime with filth, Blanket my loins; elf all my hair in knots,
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

stood that evening pensive in
In these cases, not invitation but command has usually proved serviceable.—The Queen stood, that evening, pensive, in a window, with her face turned towards the Garden.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

so that every point in
Now conceive the Northward straight Line moving parallel to itself, East and West, so that every point in it leaves behind it the wake of a straight Line.
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin Abbott Abbott

stir the edifice preserved its
The beam did not stir, the edifice preserved its calm and deserted air; but something chilled the outcasts.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

stop the English people in
It was already too late, twenty years after Wiclif's version was available, to stop the English people in their search for religious truth.
— from The Greatest English Classic A Study of the King James Version of the Bible and Its Influence on Life and Literature by Cleland Boyd McAfee

something that exhibits pride impudence
But if anybody asks for something that exhibits pride, impudence, or avarice, she curses him and his offspring, so that he can no longer attain an honourable position.
— from The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427 by Johannes Schiltberger

she took evident pleasure in
Suppositions she had in plenty, but actual knowledge none, and she took evident pleasure in losing herself in extravagant conjectures. "
— from The Truth About Tristrem Varick: A Novel by Edgar Saltus

suggesting that English pronunciation is
I must, however, most vehemently disclaim any intention of suggesting that English pronunciation is authoritative and correct.
— from Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Bernard Shaw

Smoking their evening pipes in
[78] [79] Evening Sky The sky spreads out its poor array Of tattered flags, Saffron and rose Over the weary huddle of housetops Smoking their evening pipes in silence.
— from Japanese Prints by John Gould Fletcher

spinach the entire plant is
In gathering spinach the entire plant is removed rather than merely cutting off the leaves.
— from The Vegetable Garden: What, When, and How to Plant by Anonymous

sent to East Prussia in
The 17th Army Corps, which comprises the 35th and 36th Divisions, was sent to East Prussia in August, 1914, where it belonged to the 8th Army, soon placed under the command of Von Hindenburg.
— from Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918) by United States. War Department. General Staff

So they eagerly put it
So they eagerly put it into his hands and departed.
— from The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Grace Livingston Hill


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