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us not condemn his equanimity
In the fulness of our restless hearts let us not condemn his equanimity too hastily.
— from Saddle and Mocassin by Francis Francis

understanding no Christians have ever
The said aid and advice that was despatched from Nueva España reached this port in so desperate and so unfortunate a condition that, according to our understanding, no Christians have ever heard of anything so filled with chances.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 34 of 55, 1519-1522; 1280-1605 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

under no circumstances had employed
In response to a question by Mr. McCloy, you categorically said that Federal Bureau of Investigation under no circumstances had employed Oswald as an informant, as an agent or in any other way whatsoever.
— from Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

under new conditions herself evoke
The dream of a love that might be; a love that she felt she might, even under new conditions, herself evoke.
— from The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

unfortunate nose corroborated his evidence
The unfortunate nose corroborated his evidence.
— from Lords of the North by Agnes C. Laut

us no council has ever
In it he says, "It seems to us no council has ever been freer or more independent."
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

U N C H et
et Cantab, et cæt. 1855, P. U. N. C. H. et J. U. D. Gott.
— from Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

unity nothing could have existence
He is the ideal, because being the absolute cause, He is the unique source, at the same time that He is the object, of our aspirations: He is the absolute cause, because being He who is , in His supreme unity, nothing could have existence except by the act of His power.
— from The Heavenly Father: Lectures on Modern Atheism by Ernest Naville

unconquerable never ceased his exertions
Jackson, resourceful and unconquerable, never ceased his exertions.
— from The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler


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