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these and other I suppose more

By stating these and other, I suppose, more exasperating circumstances, which though by no means easily detailed by writers, the heinousness of the case suggested at [Pg 78] the time, he persuaded the multitude, already incensed, to deprive the king of his authority, and to order the banishment of L. Tarquin with his wife and children.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

the army of invasion soon made

The Spanish priests, following the army of invasion, soon made converts, and eventually the barbarous rites of the people in the towns near Santa Fé were abolished in favor of Christianity.
— from Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas by Various

the amount of indignation she managed

she ejaculated, and the amount of indignation she managed to compress into that one word was terrific.
— from The Young O'Briens: Being an Account of Their Sojourn in London by Margaret Westrup

than any other indeed so much

It is true that in the organization of the Republican party this question of slavery was more important than any other: indeed, so much more important has it become that no more national question can even get a hearing just at present.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

to any one is so managed

Ulysses also, who, as the great twin conception to Achilles, must never [391] be allowed to appear in a light of inferiority to any one, is so managed as not to eclipse the might of Ajax or the bravery of Diomed; and yet he has all his attributes kept entire for the great part he had to play in the Odyssey, and is never beaten, never baffled, never excelled.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer. by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

to any one I should make

Every court in Europe,' he added, 'knows that I have made the discovery, and they are all in a confederacy against me; lest, by giving it to any one, I should make that country master of all the rest—the world, Sir,' he exclaimed with great emotion, 'is in my hands, and my power.'"
— from Invention and Discovery: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous

that any observation I should make

I should imagine it hath other reservoirs than the bag under the tooth, for I compelled it to scratch eighteen pigeons upon the thigh as quick as possible, and they all died nearly in the same interval of time; but I confess the danger attending the dissection of the head of this creature made me so cautious, that any observation I should make upon these parts would be less to be depended upon.
— from Select Specimens of Natural History Collected in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Volume 5. by James Bruce

the advantages of indirect selling methods

If the entire plan of campaign is explained to the builder or owner of a suitable home, and the advantages of indirect selling methods are pointed out to him, his co-operation will be readily secured.
— from Better Homes in America: Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Marie Mattingly Meloney

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