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freedom and liberty is not

The distinction between freedom and liberty is not accurately known; naturalists have never been able to find a living specimen of either.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

from a little island near

On Washington's birthday a great many people came here to see the blind children; and I read for them from your poems, and showed them some beautiful shells, which came from a little island near Palos.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

for at length if not

Bachaumont and his journeymen and followers may close those 'thirty volumes of scurrilous eaves-dropping,' and quit that trade; for at length if not liberty of the Press, there is license.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

forgotten and life itself nay

[447] been occupied with the loftiness of the magnificences related, except we have recourse to the affairs of love, which latter afford a great abundance of matter for discourse on every subject; wherefore, at once on this account and for that the theme is one to which our age must needs especially incline us, it pleaseth me to relate to you an act of magnanimity done by a lover, which, all things considered, will peradventure appear to you nowise inferior to any of those already set forth, if it be true that treasures are lavished, enmities forgotten and life itself, nay, what is far more, honour and renown, exposed to a thousand perils, so we may avail to possess the thing beloved.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

for a lad I never

‘In faith,’ said the Captain,’ I believe you are not; for a lad, I never saw more game in my life.’
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

foe at length is nigh

Bharat our foe at length is nigh, And by this hand shall surely die: Brother, I see no sin at all If Bharat by my weapon fall.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Fame after life is no

Fame after life is no better than oblivion.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

fight A Lion is not

[Pg 255] "Well met; and just in time," quoth he; "Your fellow-traveller I will be; Your toil I wish to freely share, My tribute's light, yet hard to bear; I'm not accustomed to a load; so, please, Take each a quarter at your ease, To you 'tis nothing, that I feel; If robbers come to pick and steal, I shall not be the last to fight: A Lion is not backward in a fray."
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

few and limited in number

The poverty of their environment would cause their gods to be few and limited in number.
— from The Origin and Development of Christian Dogma: An essay in the science of history by Charles A. H. Tuthill

fully as loud if not

In addition to his peculiar calls he possesses a variety of loud, ringing whistles somewhat similar in tone to those of the tufted titmouse or cardinal and fully as loud, if not louder, than the notes of the latter.”
— from Birds and Nature, Vol. 10 No. 4 [November 1901] by Various

father at least is no

"Well, I could get a special license, if you could tell me exactly how you stand, and your whole name and your parents' names, and everything, and we could get their consent—but I conclude your father, at least, is no longer alive."
— from The Man and the Moment by Elinor Glyn

figure at least if not

Still, it distinctly suggested the notion of a human being; it remotely resembled a little girl; and it even faintly adumbrated, in figure at least, if not in feature, Minna Wroe herself.
— from Babylon, Volume 1 by Grant Allen

fault at least is no

In consequence of this property, it often happens that a man, when [52] touched in his weak point, answers that whatever other faults he may have, this fault, at least, is no part of his character.’”
— from The Haunted Room: A Tale by A. L. O. E.

for a limitation in naval

We have one treaty secured by an unprecedented attitude of generosity on our part for a limitation in naval armament.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Calvin Coolidge

For a long interval no

For a long interval no word was spoken; the gale was free to noise itself upon our ears––the patter of rain, the howl of the wind, the fretful breaking; of the sea.
— from The Cruise of the Shining Light by Norman Duncan

for a lover is not

“Yes, I would, for a lover is not worth having if he's not in earnest!”
— from Rose in Bloom A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" by Louisa May Alcott

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