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the plan by their

[177] The English and French flag-ships are denoted in the plan by their exceptional size.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

the primitive believers the

Had the Pagans been animated by the undaunted zeal which possessed the minds of the primitive believers, the triumph of the Church must have been stained with blood; and the martyrs of Jupiter and Apollo might have embraced the glorious opportunity of devoting their lives and fortunes at the foot of their altars.
— 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 pleasure but the

And so it is not the pleasure, but the universal validity of this pleasure , perceived as mentally bound up with the mere judgement upon an object, which is represented a priori in a judgement of taste as a universal rule for the Judgement and valid for every one.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

their purses blessed them

The poor, who had trooped to the door, and who shared their purses, blessed them.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

the present black terror

For the present, black terror haunts him: O brave Barbaroux wilt thou not smuggle me to Marseilles, 'disguised as a jockey?'
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

took place between the

An encounter which took place between the Spanish and Dutch fleets in 1639 shows most plainly the state of degradation into which this once proud navy had fallen.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

the priests by telling

The Calabrian lords, however, quieted the priests, by telling them that these people were extremely harmless; that they gave no offence to the Roman catholics, and cheerfully paid the tithes to the priests, whose revenues were considerably increased by their coming into the country, and who, of consequence, ought to be the last persons to complain of them.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

those parts believed that

And sure enough the Saracens of those parts believed that it was Paradise!
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

to pledge battle to

It does no good for an American propaganda radio to pledge battle to the death while the U.S. press services amiably discuss an accommodation with the Communists.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

that preempted by the

She made quite an occasion of her first reverse,—some litigation decided against her,—and said it came from the court's' having only one ear, and that preempted by the other party.
— from Balcony Stories by Grace Elizabeth King

the present by the

[Pg 101] A kindred movement—modified, for the present, by the more enlightened traditions of our Century—is foreshadowing itself across the higher civilisations of our day.
— from Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy

to powder between the

Debarred on the one side from taking an active part in the administration of state affairs, and bitterly arraigned on the other on the grounds of inefficiency, laxity, and indifference to duty, the second month of office found John Barclay in a fair way to be ground to powder between the millstones of impuissance and hostile criticism.
— from The Lieutenant-Governor: A Novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl

The poorer boroughs too

The poorer boroughs, too, were also glad to escape representation in order to save the expense of their members' wages.
— from The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by John Knight Fotheringham

to Paris but the

The same day the Chamber of Accounts, the Court of Aids, and the city sent their deputies to the Queen, to beseech her Majesty to bring the King back to Paris, but the Court was obdurate.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

these people brought to

24-35) tells us in an interesting manner of the obnoxious foreign worship which these people brought to the land, each division bringing the gods of their place with them.
— from The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

to pass by the

It was necessary to pass by the bench once more, but the wicket was between us.
— from The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling

takes place between the

A mighty war takes place between the female serpent Tiamat, associated with evil, and the male god Marduk, the champion of the gods of the upper realm, which ends in her overthrow.
— from The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems by Zelia Nuttall

the post between this

A great improvement has taken place in the conveyance of the post between this and Senafe.
— from The March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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