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which Herzl expected for the

In Lord Cromer's opinion, the most important question was that of the rights which Herzl expected for the projected settlement.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

watched him eagerly from the

The Toad, who had hopped lightly out of bed as soon as he heard the key turned in the lock, watched him eagerly from the window till he disappeared down the carriage-drive.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

who had escaped from the

I always rejoiced to see or hear of any one who had escaped from the black pit; I was peculiarly glad to see him on Northern soil, though I no longer called it free soil.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

which he entertained for the

The following letters concerning an Epitaph which he wrote for the monument of Dr. Goldsmith, in Westminster-Abbey, afford at once a proof of his unaffected modesty, his carelessness as to his own writings, and of the great respect which he entertained for the taste and judgement of the excellent and eminent person to whom they are addressed: TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

who had escaped from the

Meantime those came up who had brought the news, who had escaped from the carnage in Sicily.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

whom he embarked for the

Foreseeing that this would be a task of no ordinary difficulty the hero called to his aid a select band of brave companions, with whom he embarked for the Amazonian Page 245 [245] town Themiscyra.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

wives here except for the

Many husbands, I know, find it impossible to join their wives here except for the week-end."
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

which had emerged from the

The fire from the batteries of the besieged reached every part of the columns of the assailants which had emerged from the swamp, and did great execution.
— from The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions by John Marshall

were hunting everywhere for the

While the distracted Duchess and her women were hunting everywhere for the bride, and all the visitors at Ashbourne were arraying themselves in their wedding finery, and the village children were filling their baskets with flowers to strew upon the pathway of the happy pair, emblematical of the flowers which do not blossom in the highway of life, the lady was over the border with Jock o' Hazeldean!
— from Vixen, Volume III. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

who has escaped from the

What can be more just and enlightened than such sentiments as these, which represent the spirit of the treatise:-- "Because liberty is to be classed among the blessings of mankind, am I to felicitate a madman who has escaped from the restraints of his cell?
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09: European Statesmen by John Lord

which has emanated from the

To her guidance the world probably owes much of the good which has emanated from the career of her illustrious son.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

which have earned for the

CHAPTER XII THE BURYING-BEETLES: EXPERIMENTS Let us come to the feats of reason which have earned for the Necrophorus the best part of his fame and, to begin with, submit the case related by Clairville, that of the too hard soil and the call for assistance, to the test of experiment.
— from The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Jean-Henri Fabre

which has existed from the

It is not the system which has existed from the beginning of our Government, under which the country has grown in knowledge and power.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

way he explained from time

His growin' all went one way, he explained from time to time, and it was true.
— from The Lone Ranger Rides by Fran Striker

which had engaged for three

He was born in Saxony and came of a family which had engaged for three hundred years in mining and metal working.
— from An Introduction to the History of Science by Walter Libby

what he extorted from them

Herr Lozinski considered the Jews his prey, rich and poor alike; and what he extorted from them he gave to poor Christians—such as the nobles, officials, and officers.
— from The Jews of Barnow: Stories by Karl Emil Franzos

Wildly her eyes flew to

Wildly her eyes flew to Danglar.
— from The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

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