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willingly escape but

"The question is about a disagreeable feeling," I added, "from which every one would willingly escape, but none know their own power without trial.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

with eight barons

These tempting conditions were accepted by the republic of Venice; and the eloquence of the doge and marquis persuaded the counts of Flanders, Blois, and St. Pol, with eight barons of France, to join in the glorious enterprise.
— 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

where each bag

As the bags come up out of the hold, the foreman of the laborers, who has a key to the brand marks on the bags, indicates where each bag is to be placed.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

was effected by

It was effected by the arrival of Oeslogge, personally, when Carrie was there.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

was esteemed by

He was esteemed by God worthy of three of the greatest privileges,—the government of his nation, the dignity of the high priesthood, and prophecy; for God was with him, and enabled him to know futurities; and to foretell this in particular, that, as to his two eldest sons, he foretold that they would not long continue in the government of public affairs; whose unhappy catastrophe will be worth our description, that we may thence learn how very much they were inferior to their father's happiness.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

will eliminate Bradshaw

We will eliminate Bradshaw.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

when excited by

He was passionately fond of play and liquor, and thus we had a considerable sympathy together: when excited by one or the other, he became frightful.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

with Europe broke

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, all contact with Europe broke off.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

was employed but

It is impossible within the scope of this book to follow the many trials of the Templars that took place in different countries--in Italy, at Ravenna, Pisa, Bologna, and Florence, where torture was not employed and blasphemies were admitted, 155 or in Germany, where torture was employed but no confessions were made and a verdict was given in favour of the Order.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

which elapsed between

The Muhammadan invaders of the five centuries which elapsed between Mahmúd of Ghazní and the Moghal Bábar were above all things idol-breakers, and their path was marked by the destruction and spoliation of temples.
— from The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

would ensue by

In the meantime, Mrs. Charles Walkinshaw, who had [241] returned with her children to reside with their grandmother, found her situation comparatively comfortable; but an acute anxiety for the consequences that would ensue by the daily expected death of that gentlewoman, continued to thrill through her bosom, and chequer the sickly gleam of the uncertain sunshine that glimmered in her path.
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt

with enthusiasm but

You may think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not.
— from Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New York by William Henry Seward

with equal brilliancy

Johannes Müller is, moreover, the only great scientist who has equally cultivated these two branches of research, and combined them with equal brilliancy.
— from The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century by Ernst Haeckel

War ended by

It remains but to say that "The Utah War" ended by peaceable adjustment and without bloodshed.
— from Saturday Night Thoughts A Series of Dissertations on Spiritual, Historical, and Philosophic Themes by Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney

were explored both

The Falkland Islands were explored both in 1833 and 1834, and the Straits of Magellan were carefully examined, and many valuable geological facts recorded.
— from Life of Charles Darwin by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

would Ellery be

What would Ellery be passin' stuff through the window for if there wasn't?
— from Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford

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