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symbolical meaning and refer to

The action may possibly have a symbolical meaning, and refer to the protection against fraud which is obtained by keeping to a righteous course.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

still more agitated round the

Agitated streets; still more agitated round the Salle de Manege!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

suppose my aunt really to

If I could suppose my aunt really to care for me, it would be delightful to feel myself of consequence to anybody.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

suspense make any reply to

Duncan, brave as he was in the combat, could not, in such a moment of painful suspense, make any reply to the cool and characteristic remark of the scout.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

so manifest a reference to

But in the words, "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, but there shall be no more pain," there is so manifest a reference to the future world and the immortality and eternity of the saints,—for only then and only there shall such a condition be realized,—that if we think this obscure, we need not expect to find anything plain in any part of Scripture.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

so much and represent the

God forbid, Mr. Random, that I should credit assertions that degrade the dignity of our superiors so much, and represent the poor man as the most abject of all beings!
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

she made a request to

Upon inquiry it appeared that Laura had not been at dinner, excusing herself to Mrs. Dilworthy on the plea of a violent headache; that she made a request to the servants that she might not be disturbed.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

some man apportioned round To

Thus, to think That in those days some man apportioned round To things their names, and that from him men learned Their first nomenclature, is foolery.
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

should make annual remittances to

He had boasted that he should require no funds from Spain, but that, on the contrary, he should make annual remittances to the royal treasury at home, from the proceeds of his imposts and confiscations; yet, notwithstanding these resources, and notwithstanding twenty-five millions of gold in five years, sent by Philip from Madrid, the exchequer of the provinces was barren and bankrupt when his successor arrived.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

she make a remark to

Not once, however, did she make a remark to Philip on the matter.
— from Woman and Artist by Max O'Rell

six months and requires that

The act approved March 9, 1893 in addition, makes such a marriage unlawful under any circumstances within six months, and requires that the judgment or decree must expressly prohibit such a marriage within six months.
— from The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 by Various

she may afterwards return to

But her dexterity is most marvellous with her mother, whom she encompasses with an active worship, with all sorts of attentions, as if dealing with some convalescent patient whose physical and moral strength must first of all be restored, in order that she may afterwards return to ordinary life.
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

such men as Ricardo the

These were first discovered by Adam Smith, and have since been traced and estimated by such men as Ricardo, the two Mills, Professor Cairnes, Jevons, and many others.
— from The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion. by P. Hampson

situation make a recommendation to

Also find out about the religious affiliation, whether the boy went to church, look into the environmental surroundings, where he lived; visit the home, talk to the boy, himself, about the nature of his act and why he did the things he did, and actually, in essence, get a full report, about as full as possible as to the boy's background, his parents, his whole situation, make a recommendation to the court, get the reports from the school as to what the probation officer deemed should happen in this instance.
— from Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

stars might always remain the

He also taught that each angel that pushed a star took great pains to observe what the other angels were doing, so that the relative distances between the stars might always remain the same.
— from The Ghosts, and Other Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll

so many are ready to

It is to be feared, that it is for this reason that so many are ready to imagine that the work is to be done by a few men, and a small amount of means.
— from Thoughts on Missions by Sheldon Dibble

so matchless and rare that

It shaded westward into heliotrope and this into a purple so royal, so matchless and rare that Carley understood why the purple of the heavens could never be reproduced in paint.
— from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey

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