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they all felt kindly and

"It isn't anything, only they all felt kindly and wanted to show it.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

true and false knowledge as

Above all, I shall then be able to continue my search into true and false knowledge; as in this world, so also in the next; and I shall find out who is wise, and who pretends to be wise, and is not.
— from Apology by Plato

these are frequently known as

Though these are frequently known as "miz-mazes" or "mize-mazes," it is not uncommon to find them locally called "Troy-towns," "shepherds' races," or "Julian's Bowers"—names that are misleading, as suggesting a false origin.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

took away from King Arthur

Truly, he said, my name is Sir Tor that was late made knight, and this was the first quest of arms that ever I did, to bring again that this knight Abelleus took away from King Arthur's court.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

together as fierce knights and

Then always they fought together as fierce knights, and Sir Arthur withdrew him a little for to rest him, and Sir Accolon called him to battle and said, It is no time for me to suffer thee to rest.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

they all felt kindly and

62 "It isn't anything, only they all felt kindly, and wanted to show it.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

these as followeth Know all

His words were then these as followeth: Know all men, he said, time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

there a false knowledge as

Well, but is there a false knowledge as well as a true? GORGIAS: No. SOCRATES: No, indeed; and this again proves that knowledge and belief differ.
— from Gorgias by Plato

tie any fast knots and

In the Toumbuluh tribe of North Celebes a ceremony is performed in the fourth or fifth month of a woman’s pregnancy, and after it her husband is forbidden, among many other things, to tie any fast knots and to sit with his legs crossed over each other.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

the ancient festival known as

At Frosinone, in Latium, about half-way between Rome and Naples, the dull monotony of life in a provincial Italian town is agreeably broken on the last day of the Carnival by the ancient festival known as the Radica.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

true and famous knights aye

There have been and there are and there will be true and famous knights—aye, and learned, who make good poesy and honour fair ladies, and are courteous and noble and welcome in every castle hall!
— from The Fortunes of Garin by Mary Johnston

the answer from Keller and

A sputtered bellow was the answer from Keller, and a suggestion of applause the response from the crowd.
— from Local Color by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

took Allister from Kirsty and

He took Allister from Kirsty, and we sped away, for it was all downhill now.
— from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald

there are four kinds and

In the work of [Pg 349] Gilles Colonne [408] , written for his pupil, Philip the Fair of France, we have a distinct account of four varieties of the trébuchet: "Of pierriers," he says, "there are four kinds, and in all these machines there is a beam which is raised and lowered by means of a counterpoise, a sling being attached to the end of the beam to discharge the stone.
— from Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century by John Hewitt

talks a few kisses against

Two months—your very first love-affair, a matter of half a dozen meetings, a few walks and talks, a few kisses—against, against what you can't imagine, what no one could who hasn't been through it.
— from To Let by John Galsworthy

the Armenians from Kurds and

For larger liberty and protection to the Armenians from Kurds and Circassians, or the protection of the Balkan populations from Circassians and Bashi-Bazouks? No indeed!
— from Bleeding Armenia: Its history and horrors under the curse of Islam by Augustus Warner Williams

travelling about four knots an

The boat is travelling about four knots an hour.
— from By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of Nelson by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

the African for knowledge and

[175] Recent experience attests the singular aptitude of the African for knowledge, and his delight in its acquisition.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 17 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

thirty and forty killed and

Here he found the Boers in considerable numbers, but he pushed them northward with his cavalry, mounted infantry, and artillery, losing between thirty and forty killed and wounded, the greater part from the ranks of the 18th Hussars and the Gordon Highlanders.
— from The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle

tall and firmly knit and

He was tall and firmly knit, and had an intellectual aspect altogether.
— from The Woman in the Alcove by Anna Katharine Green

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