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to extract the reasons and conclusions they

‘Tis not enough to reckon experiences, they must weigh, sort and distil them, to extract the reasons and conclusions they carry along with them.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

they entered the river and continued their

After three hours' rowing they entered the river, and continued their course up it until long into the night, for the rowers were as anxious as was Hassan himself to reach their village.
— from Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

that entered the room and criticising the

The Montagues sat together in a corner, putting up their eye-glasses at every one that entered the room, and criticising the company in loud whispers to each other; poor Mrs. Marsden endeavouring to catch opportunities of paying her court to them.
— from Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

that edged the ravine and commanded the

Passing that, one came at once to the terrace of earth, fronted by a low wall with narrow seats covered with white tiles, and divided by broken columns that edged the ravine and commanded the great view on which Lucrezia had been gazing.
— from The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens

to enter the room and close the

After eighteen days of captivity, the horrors of which will never be known, five men with sabres, in the twilight, were seen to enter the room and close the door.
— from A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland by Mary Platt Parmele

To escape the rain an catch the

Like some fast steed, wi’ all its speed, All seemed as they wor flying; To escape the rain, an’ catch the train Both old an’ young wor trying.
— from Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

their endeavors to reform and civilize these

I replied that I had been pleased in hearing of this change of policy, being confident it would result in greater good to the Indians occupying the reservations; and that no partiality would now be allowed to one religious denomination at the expense of another, and all would enjoy equal privileges in their endeavors to reform and civilize these unfortunate people.
— from Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey) Snow

two entered the room and crossed to

Finally she yielded, but kept the dog by her side and the shotgun in her hand while the two entered the room and crossed to the telephone upon the opposite side.
— from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs

to excite their ridicule and court their

To tell these women that they had a sphere, was merely to excite their ridicule, and court their contempt.
— from The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Richard Clynton

the evidence took rather a curious turn

At the inquest the evidence took rather a curious turn.
— from The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Percy James Brebner

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