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trial I might be induced to

On his captain's enclosing me such a letter, with a request to cancel the order for the trial, I might be induced to do it; but the letters and reprimand will be given in the public order-book of the fleet, and read to all the officers.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

take it myself because I thought

The Fox, however, was very much disgusted at the promotion of the Monkey: so having one day found a trap with a piece of meat in it, he took the Monkey there and said to him, "Here is a dainty morsel I have found, sire; I did not take it myself, because I thought it ought to be reserved for you, our King.
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

There it must be I think

There it must be, I think, in the vast and eternal laws of matter, and not in the daily cares and sins and troubles of men, that whatever is more than animal within us must find its solace and its hope.
— from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

that it may be in the

It seems to be a construction scarcely avoidable, however, that those who come under the denomination of FREE INHABITANTS of a State, although not citizens of such State, are entitled, in every other State, to all the privileges of FREE CITIZENS of the latter; that is, to greater privileges than they may be entitled to in their own State: so that it may be in the power of a particular State, or rather every State is laid under a necessity, not only to confer the rights of citizenship in other States upon any whom it may admit to such rights within itself, but upon any whom it may allow to become inhabitants within its jurisdiction.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

then it must be in the

But then it must be in the same sense, that a malady is said to be natural; as arising from natural causes, though it be contrary to health, the most agreeable and most natural situation of man.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

the individual may be impelled to

Apollo, however, again appears to us as the apotheosis of the principium individuationis, in which alone the perpetually attained end of the Primordial Unity, its redemption through appearance, is consummated: he shows us, with sublime attitudes, how the entire world of torment is necessary, that thereby the individual may be impelled to realise the redeeming vision, and then, sunk in contemplation thereof, quietly sit in his fluctuating barque, in the midst of the sea.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

the infection may be in the

'First,' says he, 'the weather is very hot, and therefore I am for travelling north, that we may not have the sun upon our faces and beating on our breasts, which will heat and suffocate us; and I have been told', says he, 'that it is not good to overheat our blood at a time when, for aught we know, the infection may be in the very air.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

than is meet but it tendeth

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

tolerance it must be in the

In so far as there is any real demand for tolerance, it must be in the conflict of present issues.
— from The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various

think it must be in the

"I think it must be in the chest.
— from A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda M. Douglas

this it may be inferred that

From this it may be inferred that the history of any nation or state has been and continues to be largely a history of land.
— from History of Texas Land by Texas. General Land Office

then it must be in their

True, sir, but then it must be in their own way.
— from The Trial of Aaron Burr by Joseph P. (Joseph Plunkett) Brady

this it may be inferred that

From all this it may be inferred that had poor Zóra and her helpless grandfather not been taken away, very serious consequences might have ensued.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 2 of 3) by Meadows Taylor

the infantry melted back into the

The firing from the shore slowed now, as the infantry melted back into the rain to avoid the barrage from the ship.
— from Caribbee by Thomas Hoover

that I must be in the

And I don’t wonder at it, or complain of it, for I am sensible that I must be in the way, though I try to keep out of it as well as I can.
— from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Thinking it might be interesting to

Thinking it might be interesting to you, as corroborating the account of the Dædalus , I have taken the liberty of sending you the extract from my brother’s letter:—‘On the 28th of August, in long.
— from Mythical Monsters by Charles Gould

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