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... something odd and curious had occurred. I do not remember how we parted that evening or whether we even saw each other after dinner was over, but from that hour forth Mary by insensible degrees resumed her old predominance in my mind. I woke up in the night and thought about her, and next day I found myself thinking of her, remembering things out of the past and recalling and examining every detail of the overnight encounter. How cold ...

— The Passionate Friends • Herbert George Wells

... facts which we have to explain. We have to find out how it was that so many continental nations, whether they liked it or not, found themselves, in fighting their own battles, helping to bring about the British predominance at sea. It must be remembered that land warfare involves much heavier sacrifices of life than warfare at sea, and that though Great Britain no doubt spent great sums of money not merely in maintaining her navy but also ...

— Britain at Bay • Spenser Wilkinson

... Circumstances under which Rasselas was published. His hatred of the Whigs. Accepts a pension of three hundred a year. His belief in ghosts. Publication of his edition of Shakespeare's works. Honours conferred upon him. His colloquial talents. His predominance in The Club. His biographer, James Boswell. The inmates of his house near Fleet Street. His visit to the Hebrides. His prejudice against the Scotch. His exposure of Macpherson's forgery of Fingal. His Taxation no Tyranny. ...

— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) - Lord Macaulay's Speeches • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... Americans—Respect for the marriage tie—In what manner religion confines the imagination of the Americans within certain limits, and checks the passion of innovation—Opinion of the Americans on the political utility of religion—Their exertions to extend and secure its predominance. ...

— Democracy In America, Volume 1 (of 2) • Alexis de Tocqueville

... there as if carelessly thrown on the sandy plain; at first isolated landmarts over the level space, they soon become more united, increasing in number, size, and importance, until the mountains themselves are reached, where almost every stone declares the predominance of the ...

— A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia - With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, - His Country and People • Henry Blanc

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