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the early pioneers however remained and

A few of the early pioneers, however, remained and their descendants live in Lee County to-day.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

thine eyes peruse him round and

How did thine eyes peruse him round and round And hardly knew him in his yellow coats, Red leathern belt, and gown of russet blue.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

the event proved him right and

She had lain ill for several hours before some ice could be procured, and Shelley then took upon himself the responsibility of its immediate use; the event proved him right; and when at last a doctor came, he found her doing well.
— from The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1 (of 2) by Marshall, Julian, Mrs.

too eager pursuit he ran a

"By too eager pursuit, he ran a great risk of being disappointed.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

The elemental principle he regarded as

The elemental principle he regarded as fire , since all things are convertible into it.
— from The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

the European powers had reached a

When the European powers had reached a hopeless stalemate after four years of war the United States girded on the sword as the champion of liberty and democracy and in an incredibly short time brought the conflict to a victorious close before she had dispatched half the troops she could easily have spared.
— from The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform by James Harvey Robinson

Taché E P his railway advocacy

Surrey Iron Railway, 6 . Taché, E. P., his railway advocacy, 65 .
— from The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas) Skelton

the enlightened public have raised a

It might be wise to weigh this point carefully, and act upon it, before the enlightened public have raised a cry against the pernicious practice and made photographers smart for their want of applying timely remedial measures to a decided evil.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

that exactly practises his rules and

In the same manner, the truth and certainty of moral discourses abstracts from the lives of men, and the existence of those virtues in the world whereof they treat: nor are Tully's Offices less true, because there is nobody in the world that exactly practises his rules, and lives up to that pattern of a virtuous man which he has given us, and which existed nowhere when he writ but in idea.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by John Locke

to enter Parliament he resigned and

In January, 1839, Mr. Lewis was appointed a Poor-Law Commissioner, and held the office until July, 1847; when, determining to enter Parliament, he resigned, and was returned, with Mr. Joseph Bailey, Jr., and Mr. Francis Wegg Prosser, both Conservatives and Protectionists, without opposition, for Herefordshire.
— from The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. by Various

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