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set up by society and
What he does in such a case is natural to him, and is done without thought of reward or punishment; but it has reference to standards of conduct set up by society and accepted just because society has set them up.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Still und bewegt Still and
Still und bewegt —Still and yet moved.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

some understanding between Simpson and
Now, presuming that there was some understanding between Simpson and these gypsies, might he not have been leading the horse to them when he was overtaken, and may they not have him now?”
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

spring up between Schneeboule and
Now, his frigid Majesty was delighted to see this friendship 165 spring up between Schneeboule and me, for he hoped to make use of my influence to bring her to set the necessary kiss on some youth’s cheek before I took my departure from the cold Kingdom of the Koltykwerps.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

save unhappy beings such as
“Yes, we will wait,” replied Valentine, who revived at these words; “there are so many things which may save unhappy beings such as we are.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

slavery upon both slave and
At this moment, I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon both slave and slaveholder.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

supposed union between Sun and
Then the usual form of marriage is performed between the priest and his wife, symbolising the supposed union between Sun and Earth.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Shent undone blamed Shour attack
Semblable, like, Semblant, semblance, Sendal, fine cloth, Sennight, week, Servage, slavery, Sewer, officer who set on dishes and tasted them, Shaft-mon, handbreadth, Shaw, thicket, Sheef, thrust, Sheer-Thursday, Thursday in Holy Week, Shend, harm, Shenship, disgrace, Shent, undone, blamed, Shour, attack, Shrew, rascal, Shrewd, knavish, Sib, akin to, Sideling, sideways, Siege, seat, Signified, likened, Siker, sure, Sikerness, assurance, Sith, since, Sithen, afterwards, since, Skift, changed, Slade, valley, Slake, glen, Soil (to go to), hunting term for taking the water, Sonds, messages, Sort, company, Sperd, bolted, Spere, ask, inquire, Spered, asked, Sperhawk, sparrowhawk, Sprent, sprinkled, Stale, station, Stark, thoroughly, Stead, place, Stert, started, rose quickly, Steven, appointment,; steven ser.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Sarka until both Sarka and
Others jumped up beside the first, and still others clambered over Sarka, until both Sarka and Jaska were covered by them like beetles attacked by ants.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Various

supported upon bricks so as
These settlements consisted of rows of some ten or twelve quadrangular wooden sheds, supported upon bricks, so as to allow the air, the children, and the chickens to play beneath; sometimes with brickwork chimneys at the side, occasionally with ruder contrivances of mud and woodwork to serve the same purpose.
— from The Civil War in America Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 by Russell, William Howard, Sir

sprung up between Sam and
Among these young men a business associate of Jack’s caught his attention and in a few weeks an intimacy had sprung up between Sam and this man.
— from Windy McPherson's Son by Sherwood Anderson

said uncle Bryan sententiously all
'Then,' said uncle Bryan sententiously, 'all the trouble in the world would come to an end.'
— from Jessie Trim by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

silk upon black satin and
The flag has at once been typical of the profits of trade, and the final nothingness of all commercial things; i. e. —a Death's Head and Cross-Bones embroidered in white silk upon black satin; and duly blessed by Her Majesty's confessor.
— from Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

see us but seldom and
Hagi Belal was inflexible; he began now to be weary of us, to see us but seldom, and there was great appearance of his soon withdrawing himself entirely.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce

sum up Bopp set about
To sum up: Bopp set about discovering the ultimate origin of flexional elements, but instead of that he discovered Comparative Grammar—“ à peu près comme Christophe Colomb a découvert l’Amérique en cherchant la route des Indes ,” as A. Meillet puts it (LI 413).
— from Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen

summed up by S Augustine
His action permanent in His kingdom, 81 ; in His House, 86 ; in His Body, 88 ; in His Bride, 91 ; in the Mother of His race, 92 ; His five distinct loves, 93 ; His Body imperishable, 104 ; crime of imputing falsehood to it, 105 ; force of its corporate unity, 110 ; gifts which He bestows on it, 125 ; connection of Truth with His Person the principle of persecution, 182 ; His Passion repeated in His people, 185 ; His work summed up by S. Augustine, 172-5 . Chrysostom, S. , 87 , 101 , 109 , 220 , 224 .
— from The Formation of Christendom, Volume II by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

substantially unaffected by speculation as
Such a consideration is substantially unaffected by speculation as to the theory of man's origin.
— from Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John by William Alexander

seized upon by Satan as
Moreover Moses has arranged all this narrative thus particularly and remarkably on purpose that it might be a testimony and memorial of all hypocrites, that he might, by his peculiar manner of recording the solemn facts, graphically paint forth what hypocrites really are, and that he might show how awfully they are seized upon by Satan as his instruments, and inflamed by him against God and against his Word and his Church.
— from Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1: Luther on the Creation by Martin Luther


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