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talking and keeping silent in matters
Here belong all the teachings about talking and keeping silent in matters which concern one's neighbor's honor and rights, his cause and his salvation.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther

to a kindred soul is most
I knew she was in that mood when confession to a kindred soul is most consoling to the heart.
— from The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by William Richard Bradshaw

this and kindred subjects in my
I have written more fully on this and kindred subjects in my other works, therefore I shall here touch but lightly upon the aesthetics of the vocal art.
— from The Renaissance of the Vocal Art A Practical Study of Vitality, Vitalized Energy, of the Physical, Mental and Emotional Powers of the Singer, through Flexible, Elastic Bodily Movements by Edmund J. (Edmund John) Myer

time at Kirtland succeeded in making
Those sent on the mission to the Lamanites having spent some time at Kirtland, succeeded in making a number of converts.
— from Gleanings by the Way by John A. (John Alonzo) Clark

this and kindred subjects in my
I shall have something useful to say on this and kindred subjects in my chapter on “Doctoring,” later on.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.

trouble at Klassan so I must
I can't stay here, as there is trouble at Klassan, so I must leave to-morrow.
— from The Frontiersman: A Tale of the Yukon by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

to absorb knowledge so I made
Next you will be telling me that you never before heard of the Mahars!" I was loath to do it, and further incur her scorn; but there was no alternative if I were to absorb knowledge, so I made a clean breast of my pitiful ignorance as to the mighty Mahars.
— from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs

There are knives sticking into me
There are knives sticking into me everywhere."
— from Yonder by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young


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