"uncla" hidden in books

under no circumstances let anyone

I will under no circumstances let anyone have my originals for an hour or two, and then return them to me—if I am making myself plain.
— from Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Unfortunately no Celt left an

Unfortunately no Celt left an account of his own religion, and we are left to our own interpretations, more or less valid, of the existing materials, and to the light shed on them by the comparative study of religions.
— from The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. (John Arnott) MacCulloch

under no circumstances look at

On the contrary when such thoughts come and bite like fiery serpents, then under no circumstances look at the thoughts or the fiery serpents, but turn your eyes away from them and look upon the brazen serpent, i.e. , Christ delivered for us.
— from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

under new circumstances look a

If one should say: "The laws of God ought to admit of no change," I answer: The same working of unalterable laws might under new circumstances look a breach of those laws.
— from Miracles of Our Lord by George MacDonald

unawakened nature could love at

She had loved the dead man in the first days of marriage, as well as her cold and unawakened nature could love at all—if not for himself, at least for the hopes of vanity built on his name.
— from Via Crucis: A Romance of the Second Crusade by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

under no concern leave all

But be you under no concern; leave all that to me.
— from The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft

uniform nondescript colour lank and

As for the women, they only betrayed their sex by the ragged clothes which they wore: there was not a face here which had on it a single line of softness or of gentleness: they might have been old women or young: their hair was of a uniform, nondescript colour, lank and unkempt, hanging in thin strands over their brows; their eyes were sunken, their cheeks either flaccid or haggard—there was no individuality amongst them—just one uniform sisterhood of [272] wretchedness which had already gone hand in hand with crime.
— from Lord Tony's Wife: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

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