Surely, if we were boxers, we should have been learning to fight for many days before, and exercising ourselves in imitating all those blows and wards which we were intending to use in the hour of conflict; and in order that we might come as near to reality as possible, instead of cestuses we should put on boxing-gloves, that the blows and the wards might be practised by us to the utmost of our power. — from Laws by Plato
conflicts and now the remainder absolutely perishing
It seemed as if the Mexicans, thinned as their numbers had been, by so many conflicts, and now the remainder absolutely perishing under want and pestilence, had collected all their energies for one final blow. — from The Infidel; or, the Fall of Mexico. Vol. II. by Robert Montgomery Bird
changes are not too rapid a pianist
Hence, whenever the melodic movement and harmonic changes are not too rapid, a pianist should press the pedal constantly , whether he plays loudly or softly; because it is only when the damper is raised from the strings that the overtones can enrich and beautify the sound by causing their corresponding strings to vibrate in sympathy with them. — from Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Henry T. Finck
cobalt and nickel that ruthenium and palladium
It will be observed that each bar contains eight segments, instead of the six of cobalt and nickel; that ruthenium and palladium have the same number of atoms in their upper ovoids, although in ruthenium a triplet and quartet represent the septet of palladium; and that in ruthenium and rhodium the lower ovoids are identical, though one has the order: sixteen, fourteen, sixteen, fourteen; and the other: fourteen, sixteen, fourteen, sixteen. — from Occult Chemistry: Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements by Annie Besant
command and not too rich a prose
For while Montaigne had nothing but prose at his command, and not too rich a prose, as he himself complains, Shakespeare in magic of expression has had no equal in recorded time, and he used the lyric as well as the dramatic form, poetry as well as prose, to give his soul utterance. — from The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris
countries and new trade routes and paving
He painted a world that was as new to artists as were the far-off realms to the Spanish adventurers who were discovering new countries and new trade routes, and paving the way for the ultimate decline of Venice. — from Titian by S. L. (Samuel Levy) Bensusan
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