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... Baptist Church, highly respected throughout the province. He came from a long-lived family, and one so prolific that it is said most of the Princes of New England are descended from it. I have heard a story of him which may illustrate the freedom of the time in matters of legal proceedings before a magistrate's court. At that time a party in a suit could not be a witness. In the terse language of the common people, "no man could swear money into his own pocket." The plaintiff ...

— The Reminiscences of an Astronomer • Simon Newcomb

... that the words of Maeterlinck—"the spirit of the hive"—are an inspired phrase. Here, in these conditions, with no need to don the protecting gauze, you may see its vivid illustration, as only the great draughtsmanship of life can illustrate ...

— Sally Bishop - A Romance • E. Temple Thurston

... given to illustrate the surpassing grace or beauty or novelty of the gowns, the act might have appeared a gracious one, a sort of friendly "tip" on the newest things out; but those flaunting price tags lowered it all. ...

— Stage Confidences • Clara Morris

... 2. (To illustrate from) the case of all females:—the female always overcomes the male by her stillness. Stillness may be considered ...

— Tao Teh King • Lao-Tze

... properties of that film to show the principle whereby it performs its wonderful work. The general principle, showing its marvelous use while intact and its utter uselessness when its composition is no longer the same, should be sufficient to illustrate ...

— Tyranny of God • Joseph Lewis

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