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sure the retreat of

To be sure the retreat of object-libido into the ego is not purely pathogenic; we see that it occurs each time before going to sleep, only to be released again upon awaking.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

shown the reality of

The Tenth Book of the Republic of Plato falls into two divisions: first, resuming an old thread which has been interrupted, Socrates assails the poets, who, now that the nature of the soul has been analyzed, are seen to be very far gone from the truth; and secondly, having shown the reality of the happiness of the just, he demands that appearance shall be restored to him, and then proceeds to prove the immortality of the soul.
— from The Republic by Plato

sharing the results of

The Jew will go part way in sharing the results of his prosperity; he has not gone any length, save upon outer compulsion, in sharing the processes, or sharing wealth in the making.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

sundering the relation of

But here—if we suppose this interview betwixt Mistress Hibbins and Hester Prynne to be authentic, and not a parable—was already an illustration of the young minister's argument against sundering the relation of a fallen mother to the offspring of her frailty.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

sent the rest of

Thus did they continue the fight till noon; but when it was already a little after noon, Titus set those that came to the assistance of the Romans with him, and those that belonged to the cohorts, to prevent the Jews from making any more sallies, and then sent the rest of the legion to the upper part of the mountain, to fortify their camp.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

started to run once

That instant the new horse kicked, and started to run once more.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

see the result of

I was very glad to see the result of this study in Laube's plays, more especially as when he visited us in Dresden, which he often did on the occasion of a new production, he admitted his indebtedness with modest candour, and was far from pretending to be a real poet.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

says the report of

'There was a perfect reign of terror in the ward,' says the report of the investigating committee.
— from The Secrets of the Great City A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the Mysteries, Miseries and Crimes of New York City by James Dabney McCabe

slow the rowing or

Let there be some standard ( σημεῖον ) in your ship, either a banner ( βάνδον ) or a streamer ( φλάμουλον ) or something else in some conspicuous position, to the end that you may be able, thereby, to make known what requires to be done, and that the rest may set themselves to carry out the course of action decided on, whether it be to fight or to withdraw from fighting; to open out to surround the enemy, or to concentrate to the relief of an endangered portion of the fleet; to slow the rowing or increase speed; to make an ambush, or, emerging from ambush to attack the enemy; or, in general, whatever the signal that has its origin in your ship, that the others, by keeping an eye on her, may be able to execute it.
— from British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device by William Gordon Perrin

see the Reports of

For a description of the pottery of Northern Greece, with figured examples and references to the recent literature, see the Reports of Wace, Droop, and Thompson in "Annals of Archaeology," I., pp. 118 ff.
— from A History of Sumer and Akkad An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy by L. W. (Leonard William) King

sketch the ruins of

No Englishman will be offended if I say that before the New Zealander takes his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's in the midst of a vast solitude, the treasures of the British Museum will have found a new shelter in the halls of New York or Boston.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

saw the remainder of

On the morning of July 22d the Spanish admiral saw the remainder of the English fleet coming up from Plymouth Harbor, and he made all sail up the Channel.
— from Ten Great Events in History by James Johonnot

spent the remainder of

Here he spent the remainder of his days in pious contemplation, amid austerities and mortifications and favoured with visions.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

Since the remarks or

Since the remarks or contretemps concerning the York races he had been as mute as a fish; and now, when he did begin to speak in the absence of Sir Madoc, I could perceive that gratitude for kindness did not form an ingredient in the strange compound of which his character was made up.
— from Under the Red Dragon: A Novel by James Grant

said Tom resting on

"Here we are," said Tom, resting on a fallen tree which marked the locality.
— from The Rover Boys In The Mountains; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer

suppressed the remainder of

I suppressed the remainder of the edition.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

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