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when it rained everybody rested
; when it rained everybody rested.
— from Told by the Death's Head: A Romantic Tale by Mór Jókai

waves in restless errors roll
Pope also drew upon Addison's lines to William III.: Where'er the waves in restless errors roll, The sea lies open now to either pole: Now may we safely use the northern gales, And in the polar circle spread our sails: Or deep in southern climes, secure from wars, New lands explore, and sail by other stars; Fetch uncontrolled each labour of the sun, And make the product of the world our own.
— from The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Poetry - Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

without its receiving equal return
It grieved her deeply to witness such an exhibition of true love and tenderness without its receiving equal return.
— from Lady Rosamond's Secret: A Romance of Fredericton by Rebecca Agatha Armour

What is really everyday religion
What is really everyday religion is to do common things in an uncommon spirit.
— from Men in the Making by Ambrose Shepherd

work in reducing exchange rates
Among the causes at work in reducing exchange rates at this time may be mentioned: (1) the readjustment after the heavy demands for exchange which were made anticipatory of assessment day: (2) preparation for the second installment of taxes which become delinquent the last Monday in April; (3) demand for funds by the large fruit canneries with which to buy sugar and tin in preparation for the annual fruit pack which begins in May; (4) by May the shipping trade in green fruits has begun, giving rise to many eastern bills; (5) demand for funds for equipping fishing companies going on long trips....
— from Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

while its remote end reveals
Wherefore, as to the case in point also, the proximate end of heresy is adherence to one's own false opinion, and from this it derives its species, while its remote end reveals its cause, viz.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

words I rejoiced exceedingly raised
At these words I rejoiced exceedingly, raised and embraced him, saying, 'Excellent!
— from Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi

when it rained everybody ran
The walls were made of white paper, and when the sun shone all sorts of pretty shadows danced on them, and when it rained everybody ran about to put up the wooden screens, and fasten the house up snug and tight until the shower was over.
— from Captain June by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

when it rapidly expanded receiving
It was for many years a small collection of log cabins, and had only slow growth until steamboating began on the Ohio, when it rapidly expanded, receiving an additional impetus from the opening of the Miami Canal connecting with Lake Erie in 1830 and from the great development of the western railway systems after 1840.
— from America, Volume 6 (of 6) by Joel Cook


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