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to ascribe that unexampled richness and

He had, however, all his life habituated himself to consider conversation as a trial of intellectual vigour and skill; and to this, I think, we may venture to ascribe that unexampled richness and brilliancy which appeared in his own.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Troubled at this unusual repulse and

Troubled at this unusual repulse, and hesitating for a long while what to do, Apelles at last turned round and retired.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

thing about the unfortunate relic AMICUS

Do you know any thing about the unfortunate relic?— AMICUS REDIVIVUS Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

the appeal to unearthly rewards and

For, says Lessing, the appeal to unearthly rewards and punishments is after all an appeal to our lower feelings; other-worldliness is but a refined selfishness; and we are to cherish virtue for its own sake not because it will lead us to heaven.
— from The Unseen World, and Other Essays by John Fiske

the assailants that Urbano received at

It was a lucky thing for the assailants that Urbano received at the outset a severe cut on his right arm, causing an immediate flow of blood which filled the pan of his trabuco , otherwise the affair would have terminated very differently.
— from Travels and adventures in South and Central America. First series Life in the Llanos of Venezuela by Ramón Páez

those at the Utanata River and

The Lobo languages of the Kowiai district on the south coast appear to be Indonesian, but those inland and south of Geelvink Bay have a distinct connection with those on the south coast west of the Kowiai district, and with those at the Utanata River and beyond the Mimika, at least as far as the Kupera Pukwa River.
— from Pygmies & Papuans: The Stone Age To-day in Dutch New Guinea by A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond) Wollaston

that all the unpleasant reptiles and

[Pg 69] had much to say concerning his own great and good qualities and those of his people, but declared that all the unpleasant reptiles and insects and quadrupeds he could name were serving as Mexicans that afternoon.
— from The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard

them are to us remarkable and

The selection of rice and of the millets as the great staple food crops of these three nations, and the systems of agriculture they have evolved to realize the most from them, are to us remarkable and indicate a grasp of essentials and principles which may well cause western nations to pause and reflect.
— from Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King

to accept the unjust report as

There was the rumor of a boast, to this effect, made by Federal officers; and we misunderstood them and their motives, in those days, sufficiently to accept the unjust report as well-founded.
— from Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by Frank J. Cannon

tried all the usual remedies and

The doctor talked of withdrawing, for he had tried all the usual remedies, and could do nothing more.
— from Piping Hot! (Pot-Bouille): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola

thing as the United Romance and

There can be no such a thing as the United Romance and Adventure Company.
— from The Carpet from Bagdad by Harold MacGrath

they asserted their undoubted right as

The latter vote was accompanied with a joint message from both houses, wherein they asserted their undoubted right as Englishmen, and their privilege by the charter, to raise and apply money for the support of government; and their willingness to give the governor an ample and honourable support; but they apprehended it would be most for his majesty's service to do so without establishing a fixed salary.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

the attic taking up room and

I have just kept them because it didn't seem quite the thing to throw [166] such pretty soft stuff into the rag-bag, and they were dreadful poor trash to give away; and Sarah Jane, she is tired of having them in the attic taking up room, and if there is anything in life can be done with these things in this trunk, I wish you would just go shares, and make some things for me too.
— from Little Fishers: and Their Nets by Pansy

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