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to remain exactly as

being forced to defend their territory and change their habits of life, they no longer troubled themselves in the least about recovering from the Greeks their ancient and ancestral immunity from pillage, but were content to remain exactly as they were.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

the Romans employed a

For writing upon paper or parchment, the Romans employed a reed, sharpened and split in the point like our pens, called calamus, arundo, or canna.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

the rimed essays and

Much of it is conventional and "wooden," to be sure, like much of Wordsworth's poetry; but when, after reading the rimed essays and the artificial couplets of Johnson's age, we turn suddenly to Cowper's description of homely scenes, of woods and brooks, of plowmen and teamsters and the letter carrier on his rounds, we realize that we are at the dawn of a better day in poetry: He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks:
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

their respective entrenchments and

For the present both retired to their respective entrenchments, and encamped at a distance of forty stades from each other.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

two rival emperors a

[ The summons of the two rival emperors, a monument of freedom and folly, is extant in Hocsemius, (Cerçeau, p. 163—166.)]
— 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 Republic either at

I again consulted the oracle in order to ascertain who would be the husband of the young girl, and the answer was that M. Dandolo was entrusted with the care of finding one, young, handsome, virtuous, and able to serve the Republic, either at home or abroad.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

to really enjoy any

Those who ask for dissertations in history on every possible subject, are somewhat like greedy guests at a banquet, who, by tasting every dish on the table, fail to really enjoy any one of them at the time, or to digest and feel any benefit from them afterwards.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

to reflect everything as

It might be theoretically supposed that a noble, kindly, feminine feeling would tend to reflect everything as better and gentler, and would tend to excuse and conceal.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

the Roman Empire and

The glass had gone back to the Roman Empire and forward to the American continent; it betrayed sympathy with Montaigne and Shakespeare; but the Virgin was still supreme.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

the racial essence and

It lies nearer to the racial essence and perhaps to the divine; it can, at all events, overleap one grave.
— from The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

the room etc and

Provide pads for all and let each have three minutes to observe each table, each part of the room, etc., and then five minutes to note down in another room all that she remembers to have seen.
— from Home Entertaining: Amusements for Every One by William Eastman Chenery

they reached Ethiopia and

Besides, all of these navigators called the final country which they reached, Ethiopia, and described it under that name.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

to recognise Eichhorn as

After long refusal the grand-duke at last in 1854 permitted the separatists the choice of a Lutheran pastor, but persistently refused to recognise Eichhorn as such.
— from Church History, Volume 3 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

to reiterated entreaty a

I yielded to reiterated entreaty a most unwilling assent, declaring, always, that the law must decide the case between us, and the rightful owner have his own.
— from The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

to remain equal and

Robin explained to him that they had rules, which, although few and simple, were strict, and that they had, at present, no especial leader, since all had elected to remain equal and free, observing the same laws and pledged to each other in loyalty unto death.
— from Robin Hood by Paul Creswick

the remaining estimates and

After the division he stated that he would on Monday propose [page 290] the remaining estimates, and announce the course which he meant to pursue respecting the Corn Laws.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

their rocky eyrie as

They often carry off ducks and wild birds to their rocky eyrie, as food for their young ones.
— from Twilight and Dawn; Or, Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation by Caroline Pridham

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