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there is little soul in the

About the thighs and arms, which have no sense because there is little soul in the marrow, and about the inner bones, he laid the flesh thicker.
— from Timaeus by Plato

task is less sublime I therefore

To paint your joy--my task is less sublime: I therefore turn aside to rhyme What did a certain bird of prey.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

thatched inn lying snugly in the

" But at last he reached the crest of a certain hill, and saw below a sweet little thatched inn lying snugly in the dale beneath him, toward which the road dipped sharply.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

time is long since I trod

I must watch and think, for to-morrow night we go hence, and the time is long since I trod the path that we must follow.”
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

thin iron legs sunk into the

The table had three thin iron legs, sunk into the floor.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

that I love since in those

For neither am I deceived in this, that I love, since in those things which I love I am not deceived; though even if these were false, it would still be true that I loved false things.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

though I liked straying in the

This, we kept up for a week, until we had collected several cords,—enough to last us for six or eight weeks—when we "knocked off" altogether, much to my joy; for, though I liked straying in the woods, and cutting, very well, yet the backing the wood for so great a distance, over an uneven country, was, without exception, the hardest work I had ever done.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

thereafter it lay stretched in the

And thereafter it lay stretched in the distance behind a long gray wall, that one was obliged to look twice at to make sure that it was smoke.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane

temples in Laconia situated in that

While the Lacedaemonians were thus thoroughly terrified at the unexpected danger, and at a loss what to do to meet it, Philip encamped on the first day at Amyclae: a place in Laconia about twenty stades from Lacedaemon, exceedingly rich in forest and corn, and containing a temple of Apollo, which is about the most splendid of all the temples in Laconia, situated in that quarter of the city which slopes down towards the sea.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

there is little stirring in those

21 , amongst other causes assigns this; Why that Jew his patient was mad, Quod tam multum exposuit se calori et frigori : he exposed himself so much to heat and cold, and for that reason in Venice, there is little stirring in those brick paved streets in summer about noon, they are most part then asleep: as they are likewise in the great Mogol's countries, and all over the East Indies.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

there it lay split in two

And there it lay, split in two.
— from Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun

though I looked straight into the

It was as though I looked straight into the heart of one of Perugino's sacred pictures.
— from A Little Pilgrimage in Italy by Olave M. (Olave Muriel) Potter

there is little strictness in that

others seem to prove that there is little strictness in that analogy.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

to its largest size in the

This tree attains to its largest size in the Terangakaika Forest, west of Mount Ruapehu, where it flourishes in great abundance at an altitude varying from 2000 to 2500 feet.
— from The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland. by J. H. (James Henry) Kerry-Nicholls

there is less stiffness in the

The character of the design is very easily seen; the lines are simple, often graceful and well-arranged; there is but little attempt at marking shadows; there is less stiffness in the forms, and the draperies follow the lines of the forms better than in either earlier or later work of a similar kind, and there is also much less unconscious caricature and grimace.
— from A History of Wood-Engraving by George Edward Woodberry

that it looked so interesting that

She tried in vain; not a word could she read; and yet, for all that, it looked so interesting that she longed to go on.
— from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

that its last scene is to

I am glad that its last scene is to take place in this American fort where we have been so courteously and hospitably received.
— from Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of

Then Isaac looked straight into the

Then Isaac looked straight into the parson's face.
— from Weird Tales from Northern Seas by Jonas Lie

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