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they added the ornament of

Homer and Milton, who, though they added the ornament of numbers to their works, were both historians of our order, were masters of all the learning of their times.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

their associates the only ones

These activities seem to hold fast to certain elements, and by emphasizing them and dwelling on them, to make their associates the only ones which are evoked.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

town after the outburst of

‘A hush had fallen upon the town after the outburst of wailing and lamentation that had swept over the river, like a gust of wind from the opened abode of sorrow.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

tried all the operations of

Since, not having tried all the operations of all other substances upon it, and found all the alterations it would receive from, or cause in, other substances, it cannot have an exact adequate collection of all its active and passive capacities; and so not have an adequate complex idea of the powers of any substance existing, and its relations; which is that sort of complex idea of substances we have.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

thing and the owner of

The bank cannot be debtor to two persons for the same thing; and the owner of bank money who has no receipt, cannot demand payment of the bank till he buys one.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

they are taken out on

Acting on this belief every hunter carefully removes and preserves the bladders of all the sea-beasts that he kills; and at a solemn festival held once a year in winter these bladders, containing the souls of all the sea-beasts that have been killed throughout the year, are honoured with dances and offerings of food in the public assembly-room, after which they are taken out on the ice and thrust through holes into the water; for the simple Esquimaux imagine that the souls of the animals, in high good humour at the kind treatment they have experienced, will thereafter be born again as seals, walrus, and whales, and in that form will flock willingly to be again speared, harpooned, or otherwise done to death by the hunters.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

through a trying ordeal of

186 In ten minutes Jo came running down stairs with a very red face, and the general appearance of a person who had just passed through a trying ordeal of some sort.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Therefore although the originators of

Therefore, although the originators of these systems were, in many respects, revolutionary, their disciples have, in every case, formed mere reactionary sects.
— from The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels

There are three orders of

460 The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, pride, etc. —There are three orders of things: the flesh, the spirit, and the will.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

these accounts the object of

Lord Sundon, represented as a mere “fribble,” is in conference with Justice De Veil, who had a large share in the control of the Westminster election, and being in the Government pay and a powerful partisan, was, together with the returning officer, on these accounts the object of popular indignation.
— from A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria by Joseph Grego

troubled at the obstinacy of

'I like best to help the working girl,' she says, 'and I gave my mite to their new building, but I'm troubled at the obstinacy of the young women in refusing to become servants.
— from The Shadow by Mary White Ovington

treasury and the other on

The answer of his grandson was decent and pious; at the prayer of his friends, the younger Andronicus assumed the sole administration; but the elder still enjoyed the name and preeminence of the first emperor, the use of the great palace, and a pension of twenty-four thousand pieces of gold, one half of which was assigned on the royal treasury, and the other on the fishery of Constantinople.
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 by Edward Gibbon

there and the occurrences on

All that took place at Sundridge after I left there and the occurrences on my cousin's journey to London, I learned from her and from Hamilton afterwards, though I shall write them down now in the order of their happening.
— from The Touchstone of Fortune Being the Memoir of Baron Clyde, Who Lived, Thrived, and Fell in the Doleful Reign of the So-called Merry Monarch, Charles II by Charles Major

Tortoises and the Old Ones

“‘Peep! peep!’ said the young Tortoises, and the Old Ones joined in.
— from Outa Karel's Stories: South African Folk-Lore Tales by Sanni Metelerkamp

teaching and the obedience of

Jan. 10—May 11—Sept. 10 Let the Abbot always bear in mind that at the dread Judgment of God there will be an examination of these two matters: his teaching and the obedience of his disciples.
— from St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries by Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino

to accept them openly or

He left the books with some Mullahs there, who, though they would have been afraid to accept them openly, or let it be known that they were in the possession of such heretical literature, were nevertheless actuated by curiosity to hide the books away, that they might see, at some quiet opportunity, what the teaching of the book of the Christians was.
— from Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell

text are the originals of

Thus in the Sumerian Account the narrative of the exploits of the hero called ZIUSUDU 19 begins with a description of the Creation and then goes on to describe a Flood, and there is little doubt that certain passages in this text are the originals of the Babylonian version as given in the Seven Tablets.
— from The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

treachery are the offspring of

Churchill, Rosciad , 117.] 126.—Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

to accept the offer of

He had come South to accept the offer of a situation as teacher, but the place had been filled before his arrival, and, being without friends in that section, he sought employment from Mrs. Greene.
— from Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe

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