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stadium the eighth part of

Στάδιον, ου, τό, pl. στάδια & στάδιοι, pr. a fixed standard of measure; a stadium, the eighth part of a Roman mile, and nearly equal to a furlong, containing 201.45 yards, Lu. 24.13, et al.; a race-course, a race, 1 Co. 9.24.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

surest To each pirate of

a prey the surest To each pirate of the skies.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

SHAPES to exhibit pranks or

Shapes , “to cut up” or “show SHAPES ,” to exhibit pranks, or flightiness.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

short that entire philosophy of

The excessive distrust of the titanic powers of nature, the Moira throning inexorably over all knowledge, the vulture of the great philanthropist Prometheus, the terrible fate of the wise Œdipus, the family curse of the Atridæ which drove Orestes to matricide; in short, that entire philosophy of the sylvan god, with its mythical exemplars, which wrought the ruin of the melancholy Etruscans—was again and again surmounted anew by the Greeks through the artistic middle world of the Olympians, or at least veiled and withdrawn from sight.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

shows the equal possibility of

Nothing is proved with “I have seen it myself,” for a mistake in one point shows the equal possibility of mistakes in all other points.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

SHAPES to exhibit pranks or

SHAPES, “to cut up” or “show SHAPES ,” to exhibit pranks, or flightiness.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

shifted to every point of

The wind shifted to every point of the horizon, and the cyclone left the east to return there after passing through north, west, and south, moving in the opposite direction of revolving storms in the southern hemisphere.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

sensible to every prospect of

Those who represent the dignity of their country in the eyes of other nations, will be particularly sensible to every prospect of public danger, or of dishonorable stagnation in public affairs.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

sanction to either premise or

Hence I say that it is important to show that a far more developed, more rational, and mightier body of law than the Roman, gives no sanction to either premise or conclusion as held by Kant and his successors.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

saved the extra pair of

If these trams had become general, they would have saved the extra pair of horses which used to be frequently employed to pull the fast coaches up the worst ascents.
— from An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving by Edward Corbett

sacrifice the exclusive possession of

The community thus arising between the priestly families led of necessity to an interchange of forms of [Pg 120] prayer and invocations, of songs, and poems, and customs of sacrifice, the exclusive possession of which had hitherto belonged to each of these families or schools.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 4 (of 6) by Max Duncker

spent the early part of

How, too, had the Creole spent the early part of the morning?
— from Lola Montez: An Adventuress of the 'Forties by Edmund B. (Edmund Basil) D'Auvergne

salt to each pailful of

Put a spoonful of salt to each pailful of milk (except what is for family use), and it makes the butter sweeter, and come easier.
— from Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book Designed as a Supplement to Her Treatise on Domestic Economy by Catharine Esther Beecher

seen that every part of

With the aid of glasses it was seen that every part of the shore was laid out in plantations, while the natives were observed running along the shore waving small white flags, which were, of course, looked on as an emblem of peace.
— from Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by William Henry Giles Kingston

suffer the extreme penalty of

Not she;—his boy should suffer the extreme penalty of the law.
— from Idle Hour Stories by Eugenia Dunlap Potts

saw the effect produced on

replied George, telling the untruth with a great deal of satisfaction as he saw the effect produced on the detectives.
— from Boy Scouts on the Great Divide; Or, The Ending of the Trail by Archibald Lee Fletcher

stronger than either politicians or

We have a strong faith, stronger than either politicians or philosophers generally have, in the influence of reason and virtue over men's minds ; but it is in that of the reason and virtue of their own side of the question.
— from Studies in Literature by John Morley

suffered the extreme penalty of

The prisoners were convicted; the man suffered the extreme penalty of the law, and the woman, who was reprieved, was only liberated from the Penitentiary after an incarceration of twenty years.
— from The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4) by John Charles Dent

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