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works of the Egyptian Sorcerers though

For the works of the Egyptian Sorcerers, though not so great as those of Moses, yet were great miracles.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

was only too easily seen through

“I knew him to the very depths of his childlike heart, which was only too easily seen through and sounded, and I loved him as some old bachelor uncle loves a nephew who plays him tricks, but who knows how to coax him.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

while on the eastern side the

The meadow stretches under a bulge of low hills to join at the back with the pasture land of the Bray country, while on the eastern side, the plain, gently rising, broadens out, showing as far as eye can follow its blond cornfields.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

warmen of the est see the

The laurer-crouned Phebus, with his hete, Gan, in his course ay upward as he wente, To warmen of the est see the wawes wete, And Nisus doughter song with fresh entente, 1110 Whan Troilus his Pandare after sente; And on the walles of the toun they pleyde, To loke if they can seen ought of Criseyde.
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

we own them except Secretary Taft

In fact so impressed were [ 357 ] they with the general discontent out there, and yet so considerate of their good friend Mr. Taft’s feelings in the matter and his confidence that the Filipinos loved benevolent alien domination, that one of them simply contented himself with the remark: When we left the islands I do not believe there was a single member of our party who was not sorry we own them, except Secretary Taft himself.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

waves over the embroidered sandals this

Scheffel describes her steel-gray garment which flowed in light waves over the embroidered sandals; this garment clung close to her body; over it was a black tunic reaching down to the knee; in her girdle that encased her hips, shone a precious beryl; a gold-thread embroidered net held her chestnut-brown hair, yet carefully curled locks played around her bright forehead.
— from Women of the Teutonic Nations by Hermann Schoenfeld

workings of the English system than

From such beginnings these principal measures, aided by kindred and affiliated establishments of which they were the parents, had with astonishing rapidity developed a great political power in the state, soon and ever since distinguished from its associates in the government of the country as the Money Power ,—a power destined to produce greater changes in the workings of the English system than had been accomplished by the Revolution itself.
— from Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Martin Van Buren

wine on the eastern sky to

I did not grasp what this was at first, it was like the first staining of wine on the eastern sky to one who sees a sunrise.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

wave of the ecstasy seeped through

When the throb of the drum and the blare of the brass had set the heart of the town to dancing, some wave of the ecstasy seeped through the lilac bushes and into the quiet house.
— from The Court of Boyville by William Allen White

when once the English say that

To have left the Mogul capital would have been a confession of weakness; it would have been to say: “We are beaten, we can do nothing here”, and when once the English say that in India, their empire will collapse.
— from The Disputed V.C.: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Frederick P. Gibbon

welcome of the expecting sire The

Thy canvas swelling with the still monsoon; When through thy shrouds the wild tornado sings, And thy poor sea-bird folds her tattered wings,— Oft will delusion o'er thy senses steal, And airy echoes ring the Sabbath peal Then, dim with grateful tears, in long array Rise the fair town, the island-studded bay, Home, with its smiling board, its cheering fire, The half-choked welcome of the expecting sire, The mother's kiss, and, still if aught remain, Our whispering hearts shall aid the silent strain.
— from The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete by Oliver Wendell Holmes

we of the editorial staff took

At first we of the editorial staff took only a passing interest in Mr. Larned's contributions.
— from Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson

welfare of the European soldiery the

The public sanitation, the physical welfare of the European soldiery, the prevention of famine by irrigation works, the capital account of the national outlay for material improvement, the settlement of agrarian affairs,—these were principles long fixed in his mind.
— from Lord Lawrence by Temple, Richard Carnac, Sir

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