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that is based upon reverence
—To combat anything that is based upon reverence, opponents must be possessed of both daring and recklessness, and be hindered by no scruples....
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

two is based upon respective
The difference between the two is based upon respective localization and dynamic relations of the two conditions.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

till it blow up rain
R. of L. 1788: "This windy tempest, till it blow up rain, Held back his sorrow's tide, to make it more; At last it rains, and busy winds give o'er;" 3 Hen. VI. i. 4. 146: "For raging wind blows up incessant showers,
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

till it blow up rain
This windy tempest, till it blow up rain, Held back his sorrow's tide, to make it more; At last it rains, and busy winds give o'er: Then son and father weep with equal strife, Who should weep most, for daughter or for wife.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

them in baskets until ready
When the seeds are picked off, keep them in baskets until ready to spread them in a cool, dry room, where they will be exposed to a free circulation of air.
— from The Peanut Plant: Its Cultivation And Uses by B. W. Jones

the incident but upon reaching
Not at first doubting that the circumstance resulted from a benevolent desire on the part of Chang-ch’un that he should be protected on his passage through the city, Ling affected not to observe the incident; but upon reaching his own door the person in question persistently endeavoured to pass in also.
— from The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah

the Italian brigands under Rusca
Hofer returned to his native vale, where the people of Passeyr and Algund, resolved at all hazards not to submit to the depredations of the Italian brigands under Rusca, flocked around him and compelled him to place himself at their head for a last and desperate struggle.
— from Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4 by Wolfgang Menzel

this is built up round
There is always, to begin with, an egg having the same essential structure as that of the Dog:—the yelk of that egg always undergoes division, or 'segmentation' as it is often called: the ultimate products of that segmentation constitute the building materials for the body of the young animal; and this is built up round a primitive groove, in the floor of which a notochord is developed.
— from Lectures and Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

time in being ushered round
The Palace is now occupied by the Senate: it is practically difficult of access, and the interior contains so little of interest that it may well be omitted save by those who can spend much time in being ushered round almost empty rooms by perfunctory officials.
— from Paris Grant Allen's Historical Guides by Grant Allen

trend in black unemployment rates
Nor had favorable court decisions and federal attempts at enforcement reversed the ominous trend in black unemployment rates, which had been rising for a decade.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

that it broke up readily
The earliest grain-cleaning machine was the 'smutter,' the office of which was to break the smut balls, and scour the outside of the bran to remove any adhering dust, the scouring machine being too harsh in its action, breaking the kernels of wheat, and so scratching and weakening the bran that it broke up readily in the grinding.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

tears I battle uselessly Reft
And before I could turn, Jane had begun to sing:— You take my heart with tears; I battle uselessly; Reft of all hopes and doubts and fears, Lie quietly.
— from Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by Walter De la Mare

til it bubbles up runs
"Then, Janet, surfeit sin 'til it bubbles up, runs over,—perhaps a better cup to fill."
— from Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne


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