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to as respectable and mannerly a

One of the most illustrious spookers of our time is Mr. William D. Howells, who introduces a well-credentialed reader to as respectable and mannerly a company of spooks as one could wish to meet.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

things and represent as minute and

The only defect of our senses is, that they give us disproportioned images of things, and represent as minute and uncompounded what is really great and composed of a vast number of parts.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

tendency and render a man a

This presumption must become a certainty, when we find that most of those qualities, which we naturally approve of, have actually that tendency, and render a man a proper member of society: While the qualities, which we naturally disapprove of, have a contrary tendency, and render any intercourse with the person dangerous or disagreeable.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

title and rank and moreover a

" The Bourbons enthroned anew, General Hugo received, less for his neutrality than thanks to his wife's piety and loyalty, confirmation of his title and rank, and, moreover, a fieldmarshalship.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

traits are recognized and made available

But precisely in the measure that a society departs from this condition, that individual traits are recognized and made available, or social change of any sort comes to pass, in that measure must there be competition.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

them and rage and misery and

The hour passed away again, there was severance between them, and rage and misery and bereavement for her, and deposition and toiling at the mill with slaves for him.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

them as Robbers and Murtherers and

Whilst Mr. Marks was making Application to the Council, Richards , and the rest of the Pyrates, walk’d the Streets publickly, in the Sight of all People, who were fired with the utmost Indignation, looking upon them as Robbers and Murtherers, and particularly the Authors of their Wrongs and Oppressions, but durst not so much as think of executing their Revenge, for fear of bringing more Calamities upon themselves, and so they were forced to let the Villains pass with Impunity.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

the ancient rites and Mysteries and

75 Sufficient has been cited to show the complete coincidence, in reference to the sun, between the symbolism of Freemasonry and that of the ancient rites and Mysteries, and to suggest for them a common origin, the sun being always in the former system, from the earliest times of the primitive or patriarchal Masonry, considered simply as a manifestation of the Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty of the Divine Architect, visibly represented by the position of the three principal officers of a lodge, while by the latter, in their degeneration from, and corruption of the true Noachic faith, it was adopted as the special object of adoration.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

to a reception at midnight and

Lawyers who were working eighteen hours a day could find time to visit three great entertainments in an evening; politicians after an all-night sitting in the House could dine out, see two acts of the Opera, or the ballet, or an hour or so of a revue, and then return to the division Lobbies; actors, after two performances in the day, could come on to a reception at midnight and eat caviare and drink champagne.
— from Old Mole Being the Surprising Adventures in England of Herbert Jocelyn Beenham, M.A., Sometime Sixth-Form Master at Thrigsby Grammar School in the County of Lancaster by Gilbert Cannan

took a rest and made a

So it went on for a while, then they took a rest, and made a second onslaught.
— from The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor by Unknown

talking and reasoning and meeting again

But before and after I prayed I imagined I was talking and reasoning and meeting again with Nettie. .
— from In the Days of the Comet by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

them almost round about makyng a

After their simple feast was ended, they went and beheld an infinite number of Indians , whiche had beset them almost round about, makyng a maruellous shoute and crie, knowyng that they were without victuals, whiche onely is a warre worser than to fight with the enimie.
— from The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to reade by Francisco López de Gómara

them and reads as much as

Mrs. Marsh, Senior, lives with them, and reads as much as ever; and is waited on by Midge, who lives a life of luxurious leisure in Redmon kitchen, and queens it over the household generally.
— from A Changed Heart: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

the animal rest a moment and

I have often laid bare the plexuses in the abdomen; then by letting the animal rest a moment, and by irritating them comparatively with the lumbar nerves, I have uniformly made this remark.
— from General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Xavier Bichat

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