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these are usually lost at

They are not the pure consequences of lost trophies; these are usually lost at a later period, and the loss of them does not become generally known so quickly; they will therefore not fail to appear even when the scale turns in the slowest and most gradual manner, and they constitute that effect of a victory upon which we can always count in every case.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

there an universal love among

Were there an universal love among all human creatures, it would appear after the same manner.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

taking an upward look at

‘But they shall not protect ye!’ said the tragedian, taking an upward look at Nicholas, beginning at his boots and ending at the crown of his head, and then a downward one, beginning at the crown of his head, and ending at his boots—which two looks, as everybody knows, express defiance on the stage.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

to an uncontrollable longing and

The impulse increases to a wish, the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing, and the longing (to the deep regret and mortification of the speaker, and in defiance of all consequences)
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

to a universal law and

For as the imperative contains besides the law only the necessity that the maxims * shall conform to this law, while the law contains no conditions restricting it, there remains nothing but the general statement that the maxim of the action should conform to a universal law, and it is this conformity alone that the imperative properly represents as necessary.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

their assaults unmoved like a

He, moreover, attempted to profit by her curiosity, which he knew to be truly feminine; and having culled from the library of his patron certain dangerous books, calculated to debauch the minds of young people, left them occasionally upon the table in his apartment, after having directed Teresa to pick them up, as if by accident, in his absence, and carry them off for the entertainment of Mademoiselle; nay, this crafty projector found means to furnish his associate with some mischievous preparations, which were mingled in her chocolate, tea, or coffee, as provocations to warm her constitution; yet all these machinations, ingenious as they were, failed, not only in fulfilling their aim, but even in shaking the foundations of her virtue or pride, which stood their assaults unmoved, like a strong tower built upon a rock, impregnable to all the tempestuous blasts of heaven.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Taile arose up lightly and

Then La Cote Male Taile arose up lightly, and dressed his shield, and drew his sword, and would have done battle to the utterance, for he was wood wroth.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

that an unnecessarily large amount

There is no denying that at the first blush it does appear that an unnecessarily large amount of money is laid out annually on festivities.
— from The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges by William Ferneley Allen

took another unpardonable liberty at

The youth who had commandeered Harrison's seat so neatly took another unpardonable liberty at this point.
— from Tales of St. Austin's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

turn angrily upon Lichfield and

The eyes of the spectators began to turn angrily upon Lichfield and Garsett, who, looking guilty as thieves, stood uneasy and apart; but Scarlett stepped forward, and was about to speak in self-defence, when Mr. Crewe offered to explain the situation.
— from The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace

they are usually laughing and

Before he and the customer are a tenth of the way out to the rear cabins, they are usually laughing and talking together as though they had known each other all their lives.
— from Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Casteel Vogel

to an undue length after

Well, not to drag out my story to an undue length, after an acquaintance of some six months we were married, and it was about a month after that date that the miniature was painted which I gave you.
— from The Rover's Secret: A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba by Harry Collingwood

that a useful life after

Christians hated to admit that a philosopher had died serenely without the aid of superstition—one who had taught that man could not make God happy by making himself miserable, and that a useful life, after all, was the best possible religion.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

thin and unprotected legs and

Nothing for it then but to cool off his thin and unprotected legs and [pg 559] toes in the snows of Canada.
— from Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

the Arabic usus loquendi according

Several interpreters refer to the Arabic usus loquendi , according to which he is called the father of a thing who possesses it; e.g. , Father of mercy, i.e. , the merciful one.
— from Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

there are unwritten laws and

Now, in a democratic age, we don't talk about such things; but there are unwritten laws and invisible lines just the same.
— from Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. Laut

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