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to him and because in the

But Euthycles at first he kept in custody, though without fetters, both because he was a Lacedaemonian of a city at that time openly and eminently hostile to him, and because in the man as an individual he could find nothing to warrant his pardon.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

the hills and bluffs in the

the water is as transparent as possible strongly impregnated with sulpher, and I suspect Iron also, as the colour of the hills and bluffs in the neighbourhood indicate the existence of that metal.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

the hills and bathed in the

He wandered about the hills and bathed in the stream.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

this has already been introduced to

The author of this has already been introduced to the reader in these pages.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

train he almost burst into tears

Hearing his soft, friendly voice, Laevsky felt that something unheard of, monstrous, had just happened to him, as though he had been nearly run over by a train; he almost burst into tears, waved his hand, and ran out of the room.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Then he adds But if the

Then he adds, "But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you."
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

to her apartment but in the

Isabella, in the meantime, was accompanying the afflicted Hippolita to her apartment; but, in the middle of the court, they were met by Manfred, who, distracted with his own thoughts, and anxious once more to behold his daughter, was advancing to the chamber where she lay.
— from The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

they have along been in the

And so the words may be taken as a Prophecy, or Praediction concerning the times, as they have along been in the Christian Church: Or if this be not the meaning, (for I am not peremptory in such difficult places,) perhaps there may be place left after the Resurrection for the Repentance of some sinners:
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

thee he answered bland Is to

‘My sole reply to thee,’ he answered bland, ‘Is to perform; for it behoves,’ he said, ‘With silent act to answer just demand.’
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

to have a basis in the

There appear to be as good grounds for believing one to have a basis in the human constitution as the other.
— from Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg

they heard and burst into tears

The people were deeply moved by what they heard, and burst into tears.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

They had a bed in there

They had a bed in there, a few chairs and a homemade table.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

their heads as badges indicating their

From the same source they obtained beads of various forms, sizes and colors, cheap jewelry and other fancy articles, a few blankets, and pieces of red bunting, strips of which the chiefs and head men wore around their heads as badges, indicating their official positions.
— from Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions by Galen Clark

tousled hair and blinking in the

It was a dark phrase which the prisoner, sitting up in bed with tousled hair, and blinking in the light of the torches, instantly interpreted into a threat of torture.
— from The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series by Rafael Sabatini

the high altitude but I think

“Tom says it is the high altitude, but I think he is wrong.”
— from Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Yellowstone National Park by Josephine Chase

to him and believed it to

So he took this news to be of the vastest advantage to him, and believed it to be brought about by the providence of God, that he who appeared to be the most prudent man of all their enemies, had, of his own accord, shut himself up in a place of sure custody.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

They had always been in the

They had always been in the habit of taking the food in their fingers and pulling it apart, and were not very nice about keeping their hands clean either.
— from The Stories of El Dorado by Frona Eunice Wait

their heads all but invulnerable the

For, while each knight was busy defending himself as well as he could, by stabs in the thick bodies of the goblins, for he had soon found their heads all but invulnerable, the queen had attacked his legs and feet with her horrible granite shoe, and he was soon down; but the captain had got his back to the wall and stood out longer.
— from The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

these have already been indicated the

Four of these have already been indicated; the fifth was the lawyer, who proved a useful addition for pumping Sylvanus dry and taking careful notes.
— from Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

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