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the utter ruin both of the

For, as soon as they were restored to their civil rights they called in the Aetolians, and betrayed the city into their hands, eager to effect the utter ruin both of the people who had preserved, and the city which had nourished, them.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

the unexpressed reason be of the

We may test the correctness of the process by inquiring if the unexpressed reason be of the nature of a necessary, 257 or at least of a generally received, truth; then, if the expressed reason is supported by impregnable evidence (which in the case of the beatitudes is the authority of Teacher Himself); and finally, if the conclusion inevitably results from the union of the two preceding parts.
— from Extempore Speech: How to Acquire and Practice It by William Pittenger

the Umbrian rivers but only to

At first the Christians suffered, and many were martyred in the Umbrian rivers, but only to triumph later when Roman Assisi soon vanished and Christian basilicas were built on the site of pagan temples.
— from The Story of Assisi by Lina Duff Gordon

the ultimate reservoir bowl of the

The rectangle thus delimited includes nearly all the natural features about to be noted, in the area designated as the ultimate reservoir bowl of the Mississippi by Brower, to whose admirable official report I am indebted for some particulars which did not come under my personal observation on the spot, Aug. 24th and 25th, 1894.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

to uphold religion but objecting to

And wherever he sees a spirit professing to uphold religion, but objecting to all the unpalatable truths with which it is connected in the Christian fait
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation by William Milligan

toward us riding buoyantly over the

We can now plainly see the dauntless Captain paddling actively away toward us, riding buoyantly over the swelling waves, and making good progress in his gray suit of india-rubber.
— from The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton

their upper rooms built over the

It also marks the site of two houses that stood close together with their upper rooms built over the street.
— from The Heart of Wessex by Sidney Heath

the usual royalty basis of ten

Edwards submitted galley proofs of the serial to Mr. Cook of the Dillingham Company, and ultimately signed a contract to have the book published on the usual royalty basis of ten per cent.
— from The Fiction Factory Being the experience of a writer who, for twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully by William Wallace Cook

The unbroken rampart born of the

The unbroken rampart, born of the need of defense in immemorial cities on the east and south shores of the Mediterranean, was carried thence by the Moors to Spain, to go in turn with the conquerors of the New World, and became a characteristic of the civic and ecclesiastical architecture of Latin America.
— from The Jewel City by Ben Macomber

the usual roads but only the

And from this striking sentence he went on to another equally moving, showing, of course, that happiness could not be secured by traveling any of the usual roads, but only the straight and narrow path which the Master has marked out.
— from The Young Man and the World by Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah) Beveridge

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