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well effectually sufficiently thoroughly

gear(w)ost well, effectually, sufficiently, thoroughly, entirely , Æ, AO, CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

would escape sometimes through

“Very good, father-in-law,” said Cavalcanti, yielding to his low-born nature, which would escape sometimes through the aristocratic gloss with which he sought to conceal it.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

would easily show the

It would, I think, be enough to destroy any such positive idea of infinite, to ask him that has it,—whether he could add to it or no; which would easily show the mistake of such a positive idea.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

who ever served the

He was one of the ablest missionaries who ever served the Society.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

will ever strive to

1081 Nor sun nor wind will ever strive to kiss you: Having no fair to lose, you need not fear; The sun doth scorn you, and the wind doth hiss you.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

were especially strong there

I have not noticed any instance of this phenomenon in the names Apphia, Apphion; though probably, where Roman influences were especially strong, there would be a tendency to transform a Phrygian name into a Roman, e.g. Apphia into Appia, and Apphianus into Appianus. 691 .
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

with excommunication since that

Moreover, they list not to learn naught, wherefore the Papal Nuncio (called of the commonalty, M. le Cure) threateneth them with excommunication, since that they neglect the sacred canons of grammatical construction for the construction of other canon, deadly engines made of the stems of elder.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

where experience shows them

Plato is not altogether disinclined to changes in the law where experience shows them to be necessary; but he is also anxious that the original spirit of the constitution should never be lost sight of.
— from Laws by Plato

words ended she took

These words ended, she took over the order and went off.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

was exquisitely sensitive to

She was exquisitely sensitive to nature: the quiet beauty of all round her was soothing a spirit lately troubled, and health came stealing gently back through frame and through heart.
— from What Will He Do with It? — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

water exclusively supply this

If earths do not contribute directly to the food of plants, then would be all soils alike productive; or in other words, if air and water exclusively supply this food, then would a soil of pure sand be as productive as one of the richest alluvion.
— from The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 04 (1820) by Various

wholesome earthy smell the

The weather was lovely, the windows were open, the air from the garden brought in a wholesome earthy smell, the sunshine brightened and gilded the woodwork, of a rather gloomy brown.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

would ever see them

He thought with sorrow of his father and mother and wondered if he would ever see them again.
— from Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle by Frank V. Webster

well ever seriously to

“Nay, Katharine, do not rebuke me so sharply for simple truths: why Charles himself is so [Pg 159] tamed and altered for the day whenever he returns from Milverton, that I have sometimes been selfish enough to wish to see you his, in the hope that I might find a brother changed in nature; but no, dear Kate, I love you too well ever seriously to dwell on such a desire.”
— from The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Moyle Sherer

whistling ever since the

Then she covered up “Bully,” who had been whistling ever since the lights were brought; but she had not the heart to exchange a syllable with Cousin Charlie; and that poor lad, affecting a composure that his face belied, was pretending to spell over the evening paper, of which he was vacantly staring at the advertisement sheet.
— from General Bounce; Or, The Lady and the Locusts by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

would either suppose the

It will not do to answer this by saying that each of these three episcopates hold equally from Jesus Christ, and are one in him; for that would either suppose the church to be in her unity and catholicity invisible, and without any visible organ or manifestation; or else that Christ has three churches, or three bodies, which the author can admit no more than we, for he professes to hold or believe ONE Holy Catholic Apostolic Visible Church.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

which Emir Said the

In regard to circumference, that which Emir Said, the Samanide, caused to be built is the largest, and probably most splendid palace, where all the high counsellors, with the governors, are found in one and the same building.
— from Sketches of Central Asia (1868) Additional chapters on my travels, adventures, and on the ethnology of Central Asia by Ármin Vámbéry

will ever speak to

I do not know if he will ever speak to me again."
— from The Career of Katherine Bush by Elinor Glyn

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