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we read it there

This legend appears in the Mabinogi of ‘Branwen, daughter of Llyr,’ and, as we read it there, is a medieval tale; but the medieval authors of the Mabinogion as we know them were working over old materials—telling again the old tales which had come down through unnumbered centuries from father to son by tradition.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

who recognized in the

The officiating priest was just finishing mass whilst D’Artagnan was looking at Bazin; he pronounced the words of the holy Sacrament and retired, giving the benediction, which was received by the kneeling communicants, to the astonishment of D’Artagnan, who recognized in the priest the coadjutor* himself, the famous Jean Francois Gondy, who at that time, having a presentiment of the part he was to play, was beginning to court popularity by almsgiving.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

will realise immediately that

To a beginner the position may look like a draw, but the advanced player will realise immediately that there are great possibilities for Black to win, not only because he has the initiative, but because of White's undeveloped Queen's side and the fact that a Bishop in such a position is better than a Knight (see Section 14).
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

who reside in the

He walks constantly on the terrace during the summer months, with a youthful and jaunty air, which has rendered him the admiration of the numerous elderly ladies of single condition, who reside in the vicinity.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

with recesses in the

I made the short journey to Rueil after another week in Paris, and took for the time being a poor lodging (one room, built with recesses) in the house of Monsieur Raphael, a wine merchant, close by the village mairie where the Belloni family were staying.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

was rather inclined towards

His father was a quiet man, and his mother was rather inclined towards Christianity, and often ejaculated, "O that my son Jacob might become a Christian.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

were red in the

The happy pair were red in the face and perspiring and bDlinking with embarrassment.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

While riding in the

While riding in the ring, Partap suddenly proposed to decide their quarrel by single combat, “to see who was the best lancer.”
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

walked right into the

When I arrived there, I walked right into the arms of a police-officer who was coming out, and only managed to disarm his suspicions by pretending to be hopelessly drunk.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

will remain in this

The head will remain in this position only until the contact is made, after which it will be raised by the supporting hand until a tight contact is felt and the neck muscles drawn fairly taut.
— from Technic and Practice of Chiropractic by Joy Maxwell Loban

who resided in the

The approaching departure was not at all to Montlouis’ taste, as he was madly in love with a young girl who resided in the town.
— from The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau

whilst running into the

[104] It will be noted, however, that whilst running into the tradition of Hesiod on the one side (in Hesiod and in the Chinese tradition there is trace of a double tradition, ante and post-diluvian), Sanchoniathon still more closely runs in with the narrative of Genesis on the other, thus connecting the links of the chain of tradition.
— from Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations by Arundell of Wardour, John Francis Arundell, Baron

which resulted in the

The expedition which resulted in the battle of Yellow Tavern and the death of General Stuart started from the vicinity of Aldrich's toward Fredericksburg early on the morning of May 9, 1864, marching on the plank-road, Merritt's division leading.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

who ruled in the

Any one who ruled in the provinces was obliged to do exactly what they ordered him to do.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) by John Lothrop Motley

what revelation in the

What each saw in the other's face beyond a white moon-shape, what shining of truth in the eye, what expectancy, what revelation in the lips, I know not.
— from Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Hewlett

worth remembering is the

What is better worth remembering is the fact that Rossini was born, as if by way of compensation, the very year in which Mozart died; Mozart who, indebted to the Italians for much of the sweetness and singableness of his lovely melodies, was to give to Italy, through Rossini, new instrumental combinations, new dramatic methods, and new operatic forms.
— from The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School by H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland) Edwards

will remain in the

By that means all our secrets will remain in the family.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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