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once more in the

Under an invisible spell, they always revolve once more in the same orbit, however independent of each other they may feel themselves with their critical or systematic wills, something within them leads them, something impels them in definite order the one after the other—to wit, the innate methodology and relationship of their ideas.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

of mind I took

Retaining some presence of mind, I took the one offered me by Preston; placed it, unnoticed, over my own; left the apartment with a resolute scowl of defiance; and, next morning ere dawn of day, commenced a hurried journey from Oxford to the continent, in a perfect agony of horror and of shame.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

of moas in the

There must have been a sufficiency of moas in the old forgotten days when his breed walked the earth.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

outdoes me in thoughts

But now, my dearest, I will tell you what we will do, with regard to points of your own private charity; for far be it from me, to put under that name the subject we have been mentioning; because that, and more than that, is duty to persons so worthy, and so nearly related to my Pamela, and, as such, to myself.—O how the sweet man outdoes me, in thoughts, words, power, and every thing!
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

old Michael Ivánovich the

At that table were his mother, his mother’s old lady companion Belóva, his wife, their three children with their governess and tutor, his wife’s nephew with his tutor, Sónya, Denísov, Natásha, her three children, their governess, and old Michael Ivánovich, the late prince’s architect, who was living on in retirement at Bald Hills.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

of men intends to

For then it is clear that he who transgresses the rights of men intends to use the person of others merely as a means, without considering that as rational beings they ought always to be esteemed also as ends, that is, as beings who must be capable of containing in themselves the end of the very same action.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

of man is the

The plague of man is the opinion of wisdom; and for this reason it is that ignorance is so recommended to us, by our religion, as proper to faith and obedience; Cavete ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam et inanes seductiones, secundum elementa mundi.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Other men if they

Other men, if they look closely, will make the same dis covery for themselves.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

of my Infancy there

As for the rest of my Infancy, there being nothing in it remarkable, I shall pass it over in Silence.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

of Manpower in the

(Back) Footnote 7-2: Memo, CG, AAF, for ACofS, G-1, 3 Apr 46, sub: Utilization of Manpower in the Postwar Army, WDGAP 291.2.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

our mouths is the

And whatever is talked of other definitions, ingenious observation puts it past doubt, that the idea in our minds, of which the sound man in our mouths is the sign, is nothing else but of an animal of such a certain form.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

or more in these

We spent an hour or more in these futile explorations, then followed the wall some distance to the right.
— from Under the Andes by Rex Stout

once more into the

They, therefore, watched the movements of their companion with quickening pulses; and it was with a lively satisfaction they saw him, at length, after a momentary search, descend once more into the ditch, and, with a single powerful impulsion of his limbs, urge himself back to the foot of the rampart.
— from Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete) by Major (John) Richardson

of marble is the

The splendid Latin period, with its clear logical order, its chain of dependent clauses each in its place with absolute precision, a thought built of words as a temple is built of marble, is the best expression of Roman grandeur, as typical and as enduring as a Roman road or wall.
— from The Grandeur That Was Rome by J. C. (John Clarke) Stobart

of muscles its tendons

The wall of the right ventricle may now be raised and the cavity exposed. Observe the extent of the cavity, its shape, its lining, its columns of muscles, its half columns of muscles, its tendons (chordæ tendineæ), the tricuspid valve from the under side, etc.
— from Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. (Francis Marion) Walters

of man in their

It is rather a source of joy that our country affords scope where our young population may range unconstrained in body or in mind, developing the power and faculties of man in their highest perfection.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Andrew Jackson

obliging manner in the

'—But, said I, I shall be more sure of succeeding if one of you will go with me.—'Oh,' said he, 'wait half a minute, till I have finished my job;'—For, would you believe it, Miss Woodhouse, there he is, in the most obliging manner in the world, fastening in the rivet of my mother's spectacles.—The rivet came out, you know,
— from Emma by Jane Austen

of manufacture in the

As opposed to the old-fashioned method of manufacture in the home (or the sweatshop, which is the modern equivalent), the factory often shows a gain in light and air, a decrease of effort, an added leisure; while, on the other hand, there is a considerable loss of individual freedom and an increase in monotony.
— from Women as World Builders: Studies in Modern Feminism by Floyd Dell

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