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works of Lucian for example the

[357] This author, “second century Atticist, humorist, and satirist,” can be none other than Lucian himself, for the Greek Metamorphoses is Lucianic in type, is a relaxation from serious work as is the True History ; it shows the same satire of credulity that other works of Lucian (for example the Alexander ) did; and it is colored by the same ironic humor.
— from Essays on the Greek Romances by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

weeks of labour far exceeded that

The time it cost me, and consequently the price I was paid by my principal for my weeks of labour, far exceeded that which had been agreed upon by the persons giving the commission.
— from Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Duprè by Giovanni Duprè

was one llama for every two

In the town beyond there was one llama for every two donkeys.
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

without one last futile effort to

Thereupon the "ancient order of Gormogons" swallowed itself, and so disappeared—not, however, without one last, futile effort to achieve its ends.
— from The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry by Joseph Fort Newton

while others less fortunate exchanged their

The few of them who had a little money bought what provisions they could from the agents, while others, less fortunate, exchanged their clothes for food; but the greater number had neither money nor clothes to spend or exchange, and they were all soon left quite destitute.
— from The History of the Highland Clearances Second Edition, Altered and Revised by Alexander Mackenzie

went on leaning forward eager to

“Yes,” Madeline went on, leaning forward, eager to explain herself.
— from Jewel Weed by Alice Ames Winter

was once lured far enough to

When the knight was once lured far enough to make the return impossible, when he had been turned round and round till he knew no longer where his head was, then the moment had come when he might go up to him and say: Honored knight, what will you give your Pylades if he enables you to possess all the glorious things which heretofore have been mere phantoms seen in voluptuous dreams, in tangible reality?
— from Through Night to Light: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

women only live from eighteen to

To them, generations of men and women only live from eighteen to twenty-four hours.
— from The World on Wheels, and Other Sketches by Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor

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