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throwing a bright light on

At this moment the abbé pressed down his side of the shade and so raised it on the other, throwing a bright light on the stranger’s face, while his own remained obscured.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

thee and be lord of

"See," he says, "the smell of my son is as the smell of a full field which the Lord hath blessed: therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fruitfulness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: let nations serve thee, and princes adore thee: and be lord of thy brethren, and let thy father's sons adore thee: cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

though a book lay on

Lawrence Selden was in fact seated at its farther end; but though a book lay on his knee, his attention was not engaged with it, but directed to a lady whose lace-clad figure, as she leaned back in an adjoining chair, detached itself with exaggerated slimness against the dusky leather upholstery.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

to a boiled leg of

Trimmings , the necessary adjuncts to anything cooked, but specially applied to a boiled leg of mutton, as turnips, potatoes, bread, beer, salt, &c. Bets are frequently made for a leg of mutton and TRIMMINGS .
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

time appointed by Lord Orville

This morning there has been a great deal of company here; but at the time appointed by Lord Orville, doubtless with that consideration, the parlour is almost always empty, as every body is dressing.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

the assignment by lot of

Now the assignment by lot of judges to courts and the completion of the number of them, and the appointment of servants to the different magistrates, and the times at which the several causes should be heard, and the votings and delays, and all the things that necessarily concern suits, and the order of causes, and the time in which answers have to be put in and parties are to appear—of these and other things akin to these we have indeed already spoken, but there is no harm in repeating what is right twice or thrice: All lesser and easier matters which the elder legislator has omitted may be supplied by the younger one.
— from Laws by Plato

to a beautiful land of

[207] A Red Man, Ahak-tah, after an apparent death of two days’ duration, revived, and declared that he had been to a beautiful land of tall trees and singing-birds, where he met the spirits of his forefathers and uncle.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

the absent because life of

Intellect transcends the given and means the absent because life, of which intellect is the fulfilment or entelechy, is itself absorbed from without and radiated outward.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

twigs and broken limbs of

As he did so he brushed against some low-hanging branches of the trees, and then, when his hand came in contact with the earth, Roger was startled to find it met neither the hard packed clay of the path, nor the dust of the road, but the dead leaves, the little twigs and broken limbs of trees, and the soft moss of the forest.
— from The White Crystals: Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis

telling and be looking out

] — You may cure herself, surely, holy father; I wouldn't stop you at all — and it's great joy she'll have looking on your face — but let you cure myself along with her, the way I'll see when it's lies she's telling, and be looking out day and night upon the holy men of God.
— from The Well of the Saints: A Comedy in Three Acts by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

them as but lengths of

If we are to consider them as but lengths of time there is no profit except to the dry student or to the astronomer.
— from The Ocean of Theosophy by William Quan Judge

to a baseball league of

In this volume the scene of action is shifted from Yale college to a baseball league of our central states.
— from The Khaki Boys Fighting to Win; or, Smashing the German Lines by Gordon Bates

take a big load off

It would take a big load off my shoulders if I did."
— from Elam Storm, the Wolfer; Or, The Lost Nugget by Harry Castlemon

translations and but little of

He lost the thread of his discourse in the transit, and the whole of his enthusiasm in the cause of Germany; for, as soon as he arrived at my rooms, and whilst I was lighting the candles, he said calmly, and to my great surprise, that he was not qualified to maintain such a discussion, for he was alike ignorant of Italian and German, and had only read the works of the Germans, in translations, and but little of Italian poetry, even at second hand.
— from Shelley at Oxford by Thomas Jefferson Hogg

They are both lords of

They are both lords of life, and both mutually indispensable.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

tightly and bent lower over

She gripped her hands tightly, and bent lower over the fire, and Nell sank on her knees beside her, pale herself, and incapable of speech.
— from Nell, of Shorne Mills; or, One Heart's Burden by Charles Garvice

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