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West Point graduate and

On May 23, 1902, Senator Bacon read in the Senate a letter from an officer of the army, a West Point graduate and a personal friend of the Senator’s, whose name he withheld, but for whose veracity he vouched, which letter alluded to “a reconcentrado, pen with a dead line outside, beyond which everything living is shot”; spoke of “this corpse-carcass stench wafted in” (to where the letter-writer sat writing) as making it “slightly unpleasant here,” and made your flesh crawl thus:
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

with profound gravity and

We exchanged the most dignified salutations with profound gravity and respect, and so went on.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Wà pa giyud aku

Tamdi ni, Wà pa giyud aku masayup niíning mga butánga, Take note of this: I have never made a mistake in these matters.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

was passing glad and

Then the Lady of the Rock was passing glad, and the other brother made great sorrow for his brother's death.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

With peril great atchiev

Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 460 For in possession such, not onely of right, I call ye and declare ye now, returnd Successful beyond hope, to lead ye forth Triumphant out of this infernal Pit Abominable, accurst, the house of woe, And Dungeon of our Tyrant: Now possess, As Lords, a spacious World, to our native Heaven Little inferiour, by my adventure hard With peril great atchiev'd.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

was pointedly given and

The card was pointedly given, and Sir Walter and Elizabeth arose and disappeared.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

with plumed gallants and

It is easy, then, in fancy, to people these silent canals with plumed gallants and fair ladies--with Shylocks in gaberdine and sandals, venturing loans upon the rich argosies of Venetian commerce--with Othellos and Desdemonas, with Iagos and Roderigos--with noble fleets and victorious legions returning from the wars.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

where public games and

Θεατρίζομαι, to be exposed as in a theatre, be made a gazing-stock, object of scorn, He. 10.33 (N.T.) from Θέᾱτρον, ου, τό, ( θεάομαι ) a theatre, a place where public games and spectacles are exhibited, Ac. 19.29, 31; meton.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

we poor geese are

At length one of them took heart and said, "If we poor geese are to yield up our vigorous young lives, show us the only possible favour and allow us one more prayer, that we may not die in our sins, and then we will place ourselves in a row, so that you can always pick yourself out the fattest."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

were particularly gentle and

The Nixies, Undines, and Stromkarls were particularly gentle and lovable beings, and were very anxious to obtain repeated assurances of their ultimate salvation.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

where President Garfield after

The most noted cottages are the one which General Grant occupied for many years, and where, during his Presidency in 1869-77, he held "the summer capital of the United States," and the Franklyn Cottage, where President Garfield, after being shot in Washington, was brought to die in 1881.
— from America, Volume 1 (of 6) by Joel Cook

whose presence gave a

Lord and Lady Compton, whose presence gave a great zest to the whole affair.
— from Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

wood pavement generally arises

It must also not be lost sight of that the reason of excessive wear in a wood pavement generally arises from wide joints being the means of causing the edges of the blocks to abrade and become worn.
— from The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's Handbook by H. Percy (Henry Percy) Boulnois

wedded pair gave a

Mr. Wroth suggests that the license was sometimes dispensed with, and the fee, moreover, was remitted if the wedded pair gave a dinner in the gardens.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 Volume LIV, No. 5, March 1899 by Various

with poverty generous and

He was modest, unambitious, patriotic, intellectual, contented with poverty, generous, and disinterested.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

with pallid gold and

The face of the old palace glowed with mellow fire; the sleek, dark-green foliage of the chestnut-trees was tipped here and there with pallid gold; and in the deep shade of the allées underneath innumerable children romped vociferously, and innumerable pairs of lovers sentimentalised in silence.
— from Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories by Henry Harland

with pink gold and

Then the white glare changed to red, to a crimson glow that painted the world with its glory, and dying, left little nebulous masses floating in the azure, tinted with pink, gold, and purple.
— from A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee

were proved guilty and

Not only did his line of defence succeed, but it led to the arrest of two of the witnesses, who were proved guilty and condemned.
— from Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac

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