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favorable east wind

He was gone four days, during which time the St. Peter was forced to lie at anchor, while a favorable east wind might have carried them several hundred miles toward home.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

for ever with

But the sulphurous brimstone which burns in hell is a substance which is specially designed to burn for ever and for ever with unspeakable fury.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

for events with

I kept Miss Jane Ann Stamper by me, and waited for events with the most unfaltering trust in the future.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

first endeavor was

My first endeavor was to divide the sentence into the natural division intended by the cryptographist.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

F Ellinwood who

Dr. F. F. Ellinwood, who like that authority studied strange psychical phenomena in the interior districts of the Shantung Province (China) for many years, says in an introductory note to that work:—‘Antecedently to any knowledge of the New Testament’ (so full of cases of demon-possession) ‘the people of North China believed fully in the possession of the minds and bodies of men by evil spirits....
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

first evening was

Thus was the first day even and morn: Nor past uncelebrated, nor unsung By the celestial quires, when orient light Exhaling first from darkness they beheld; Birth-day of Heaven and Earth; with joy and shout The hollow universal orb they filled, And touched their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works; Creator him they sung, Both when first evening was, and when first morn.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

found engaged with

Consider any one of them at any period of his life, and he will be found engaged with some new project for the purpose of increasing what he has; talk not to him of the interests and the rights of mankind: this small domestic concern absorbs for the time all his thoughts, and inclines him to defer political excitement to some other season.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

false emphasis with

The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

first egg was

The first egg was laid before the outer wall was more than an inch high, the male continuing to labour without intermission, until by the time the nestlings were hatched the fabric was quite firm, and full three inches in height.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

few earnest words

In his other capacity of reporter for "The Blade" the High School pitcher had said a few earnest words to his host.
— from The High School Pitcher; or, Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

famous exploits was

One of his most famous exploits was the capture of a train at the very gates of Havana.
— from Cuba: Its Past, Present, and Future by A. D. (Arthur D.) Hall

for example whether

The questions, on the other hand, to be discussed in the Imperial Parliament at Westminster, as, for example, whether Mr. Gladstone or Lord Salisbury shall be head of the British Cabinet, whether the royal veto on Irish legislation shall be exercised on the advice of the English or of the Irish Ministry, are matters which do not in reality greatly affect the happiness of ordinary Irishmen.
— from A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 by Albert Venn Dicey

fearful experiences with

Madame Ladoinski deserved years of happy domestic life after her fearful experiences with the French army, and it is pleasant to be able to say that she had them.
— from Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Henry Charles Moore

fearful expectation will

Your decision, which I look for with impatience and fearful expectation, will determine whether I may venture to write in person to your daughter.
— from The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle

from east west

At any rate, although by this time they had collected in hundreds from east, west, north, and south, and were wheeling the heavens above in their vast, majestic circles, none of them seemed to care to descend to prey upon the bodies.
— from Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

far enough will

But all mundane things (not excepting politics) tend to move in circles, ending where they began; and so the foot, if we follow it far enough, will take us back into water.
— from Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken

for Easter when

Great preparations are made for Easter, when young lambs and turkeys are slain, which the folk-songs tell us used to be offered to the sun-god.
— from The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

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