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tablet of pepsin in the

He suffered from dyspepsia, and he might often be seen sucking a tablet of pepsin; in the morning his appetite was poor; but this affliction alone would hardly have impaired his spirits.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

two oars plunging into the

And the two oars, plunging into the dark waters, urged the boat onwards.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

treaty of partition in the

Note 1 ( return ) [ See the original treaty of partition, in the Venetian Chronicle of Andrew Dandolo, p. 326—330, and the subsequent election in Ville hardouin, No. 136—140, with Ducange in his Observations, and the book of his Histoire de Constantinople sous l'Empire des François.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

two others posted in the

A few more on the poop; two others posted in the shrouds, and armed with spyglasses, were attentively surveying the island.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

their obscurity prevailed in the

After the fall of that religion, the Peripatetics, emerging from their obscurity, prevailed in the controversies of the Oriental sects, and their founder was long afterwards restored by the Mahometans of Spain to the Latin schools.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The only point in the

The only point in the case which deserved mention was the curious analytical reasoning from effects to causes by which I succeeded in unraveling it.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

to our pleasure is that

604 The only religion contrary to nature, to common sense, and to our pleasure, is that alone which has always existed.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

the occasion presented itself than

It is then rather that he was forced to say it, when the occasion presented itself, than that he said it, when the occasion presented itself, the one being of necessity, the other of chance.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

this overbearing part in the

27 That the crown is this overbearing part in the English constitution needs not be mentioned, and that it derives its whole consequence merely from being the giver of places and pensions is self-evident, wherefore, though we have been wise enough to shut and lock a door against absolute monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the crown in possession of the key.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

their objective point in the

If these considerations show that by no means the majority of internal migrations find their objective point in the cities, they at the same time prove that the trend toward the great centers of population can, in itself be looked upon as having an extensive social and economic importance.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

touch of pride in the

Pickle had faced the flaw in his character or training with a good deal of candor, although, perhaps, there was a touch of pride in the feeling that he had a bigger sin to battle with than anybody else.
— from Esther's Charge: A Story for Girls by Evelyn Everett-Green

the only pump in town

"You'd think it was the only pump in town!"
— from The Young Firemen of Lakeville; Or, Herbert Dare's Pluck by Frank V. Webster

the only place in the

"Aye—there, Adam, the only place in the ship you never thought to search—there he lay safe hid and I above him in a drugged sleep!" "Drugged!" says Adam, betwixt shut teeth.
— from Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol

the other poets into the

By which thing Plato, being moved, says it is not necessary to admit any one of the other poets into ‘ the Commonwealth, ’
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

the other partly is that

[190] Marianne Carnot added in an undertone heard only by those about her, “And the other ‘partly’ is that she couldn’t if we did expect it.”
— from Rilla of the Lighthouse by Grace May North

tribute of praise in the

Joan of Arc There are women whose career has been altogether exceptional; and these, like the rest, meet with their due tribute of praise in the Positive system.
— from A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life by Auguste Comte

to our people in the

It is of great material advantage to our people in the Far Northwest.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

three other priests in that

At the time when, in company with one other young deacon, he was ordained priest by Bishop Fenwick, there were only three other priests in that prelate’s diocese, which embraced all New England.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

the onça pintada in the

I observed the skin of a jaguar, the onça pintada , in the language of the country, stretched upon several pieces of wood; it had the appearance of being quite fresh.
— from Travels in Brazil by Henry Koster

the originals preserved in the

All these texts vary in some particulars from the originals preserved in the Simancas Archives, Inquisicion, Libro 933.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

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