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their importance for the

But if we realise that in these facts we may be able to read the native’s attitude towards wealth and value, their importance for the [ 176 ] main theme becomes obvious.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

these independents four thousand

In Mandalgarh, when their own interests and the prince’s unite (though the rapacity of governors, pupils of the Mahratta and other predatory schools, have disgusted these independents), four thousand Bhumias could be collected.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

that I feared though

To my architecture succeeded dreams of lakes and silvery expanses of water: these haunted me so much that I feared (though possibly it will appear ludicrous to a medical man) that some dropsical state or tendency of the brain might thus be making itself (to use a metaphysical word) objective ; and the sentient organ project itself as its own object.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

This is from the

This is from the Judgments of the Sea, which, according to the editor (II., pp. xliv., xlvii.), is the most ancient extant source of modern maritime law except the decisions of Trani.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

the indefinite for the

The dilettante takes the obscure for the profound, violence for vigour, the indefinite for the infinite, and the senseless for the supersensuous.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

them in for the

Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert I T was October again when Anne was ready to go back to school—a glorious October, all red and gold, with mellow mornings when the valleys were filled with delicate mists as if the spirit of autumn had poured them in for the sun to drain—amethyst, pearl, silver, rose, and smoke-blue.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

term is from the

It has been said that this term is from the French BLOND , sandy or golden colour, and that a parallel may be found in BROWN or BROWNS , the slang for half-pence.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

there I found that

On arriving there I found that the General had decided to take a quartette of singers through the North, and hold meetings for a month in important cities, at which meetings he and I were to speak.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

their industry from the

The inhabitants of a city, it is true, must always ultimately derive their subsistence, and the whole materials and means of their industry, from the country.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

transfer its friendship to

It amounted, in their view, to a declaration that the British Government, while anxious to obtain the support of the Afghán Ruler, was willing to turn against that Ruler the moment that a rebel made head against him, and to transfer its friendship to the rebel Chief.
— from Rulers of India: The Earl of Mayo by William Wilson Hunter

to images for they

Given, then, that there is no other veneration of images than that which means veneration of their prototype, there is surely no more idolatry in it than there is in the respect shown in the utterance of the Most Holy Names of God and Christ; for, after all, names are but signs or symbols, and even as such inferior to images, for they represent much less vividly.
— from The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons

themselves I forgive them

"They used to bother the life out of me with their fun and noise, but now that they have settled down and made men of themselves I forgive them for all the annoyances."
— from The Rover Boys on a Tour; or, Last Days at Brill College by Edward Stratemeyer

Then I found that

Then I found that Father needed my help, and I’ve been head over ears in work ever since.
— from Grace Harlowe's Problem by Josephine Chase

time I followed them

'Tis time, high time, I followed them!
— from Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley John Weyman

that I feared to

And do you not remember that I feared to swear too, because your mother was so angry; and then you made me? After that, Adolphe!
— from La Mere Bauche From Tales of All Countries by Anthony Trollope

the Inca firmly trussing

Calling to Harry to watch the corridor without, I quickly tore my woolen jacket into strips—my fingers seemed to be made of steel—and bound the wrists and ankles of the Inca firmly, trussing him up behind.
— from Under the Andes by Rex Stout

toes impatient for the

She had the same little habit of balancing up and down on her toes, impatient for the music to give her her cue.
— from The Way Out by Emerson Hough

the income from the

You always accepted from dear grandmamma the income from the money in the Stocks.
— from Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 2 by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

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