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subsist upon bark or

Day after day is spent by the hunter without success, and during this interval his family must subsist upon bark or roots, or perish.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Send us bright one

Send us bright one, light one, Horhorn, quickening and wombfruit.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

smoke up but only

But Mrs Trafford would not have the smoke defended, and his lordship gave the smoke up, but only to please her.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

surprise us but on

H2 anchor Chapter V: How Democracy Affects the Relation Of Masters And Servants An American who had travelled for a long time in Europe once said to me, "The English treat their servants with a stiffness and imperiousness of manner which surprise us; but on the other hand the French sometimes treat their attendants with a degree of familiarity or of politeness which we cannot conceive.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

sand unrolled before our

For an hour plains of sand unrolled before our steps.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

swear unite by oath

immediately cōn-ficiō, -ere, -fēcī, -fectus [ com- , completely , + faciō , do ], make, complete, accomplish, finish cōn-fīrmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus , make firm, establish, strengthen, affirm, assert cōn-fluō, -ere, -flūxī , ——, flow together cōn-fugiō, -ere, -fūgī, -fugitūrus , flee for refuge, flee con-iciō, -ere, -iēcī, -iectus [ com- , intensive, + iaciō , throw ], hurl con-iungō, -ere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus [ com- , together , + iungō , join ], join together, unite con-iūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [ com- , together , + iūrō , swear ], unite by oath, conspire con-locō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [ com- , together , + locō , place ], arrange, place, station conloquium, conlo´quī , n.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

seven unbroken bullocks of

Nay, their eyes would scan all the story in order, were not Achates already returned from his errand, and with him the priestess of Phoebus and Trivia, Deïphobe daughter of Glaucus, who thus accosts the king: 'Other than this are the sights the time demands: now were it well to sacrifice seven unbroken bullocks of the herd, as many fitly chosen sheep of two years old.'
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

seeming uselessness both of

Add to all the foregoing the seeming uselessness both of the project and of the anecdotes from which it is to derive support.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

set up boundaries of

In trying to avoid collisions she set up boundaries of immovable walls, thus giving to her numerous races the negative benefit of peace and order but not the positive opportunity of expansion and movement.
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore

say Union Bank of

These are sight bills of exchange, each drawn for a relatively small amount, say £10, and multiplied in number to the requirements of the buyer, and drawn by one domestic banking-house, say Kountze Brothers of New York, on one foreign banking-house, say Union Bank of London, the names of drawer and drawee only being upon the "notes," [329] the payee or buyer being expected to indorse each note in the presence of the Correspondent making the payment.
— from Principles of Political Economy by Arthur Latham Perry

silent useless blaze of

To see us in our ball dresses, amid all that silent useless blaze of light, leading these men about, must have been a dreadful sight.
— from Neighbours on the Green by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

some unfortunate bird on

Weasels will sometimes climb trees and surprise some unfortunate bird on her nest; they are fond of eggs, and a bird's young brood are very dainty mo
— from Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by W. (William) Houghton

sparingly used but on

The colours, however, are less brilliant, bright reds and yellows being more sparingly used; but on the other hand the depth of floccy nap gives a subdued richness to the dark metallic madder, blue, green, and brown, such as is rarely seen in any Kazak.
— from Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern by W. A. (Walter Augustus) Hawley

so utterly barren of

The week that succeeded my abduction was so utterly barren of events that it may be passed over with the mere remark that throughout the whole of the time we had perfect weather, with a steady, moderate trade wind, under the impulsion of which the felucca bruised along upon her proper course, reeling off her five to six knots per hour with the regularity of a clock; and during the whole of that time, strange to say, we sighted not a single sail.
— from A Pirate of the Caribbees by Harry Collingwood

sat upon by old

“Those dried apples, too, that look as if they had been sat upon by old women, Grace.
— from The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn

still unresolved broke off

When night came, and the Council, being still unresolved, broke off its session until the day following, we came back to our quarters and there talked over the situation, and not cheerfully, among ourselves.
— from The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

snatched up by other

As we advanced the honors we expected to win have receded or gone elsewhere, to be snatched up by other divisions.
— from The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by John Beatty

still used by orthodox

These phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are still used by orthodox Jewish men.
— from The World English Bible (WEB), Complete by Anonymous

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