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"So much," quoth Sir Benedict, pressing his arm, "so much, O man, that hereafter needs must I love thee and honour thee the more.

But in so low a state of political development as that which prevailed throughout the Mediterranean world in pre-Christian times, the more barbarous method of conquest with incorporation was more likely to be successful on a great scale.

" This is a noble psalm, full of hope and comfort; and it will be more and more full of hope and comfort, the more faithfully we believe in the incarnation, the passion, the resurrection, and the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This arrangement gave Henrich the greatest satisfaction for the young Cree was the only Indian of his own sex in whom he had been able to find a companion, or who had peculiarly attached himself to the stranger: and the more he saw of Jyanough the more he found in him to win his esteem and friendship.

It will; but him so much the more That, having liv'd to his pleasure, shall forgoe So delicate a life.

The more ordinary the mental and moral organization and culture of the individual, the more far-fetched and dear-bought must be his enjoyments.

The skilful artist first, as first in place, He view'd, then seized his hand, then felt his own, Then mark'd their near resemblance, much perplex'd, And still the more perplex'd the more he saw.

Neither do I run into such hazard of death, nor expose you to such dangers as you suppose; seeing that I am going to a city inhabited by Christians, and to a king who wishes the concourse of many merchants in his dominions, as the more of these that frequent his port so much the greater must be his revenue from the customs upon trade.

Whatever its pretensions, I know it will be dear to you, towards whom I should wish my thoughts to flow in a sort of an undress rather than in the more studied graces of diction.

"It really strikes me," said James Ballantyne, "the more I think of and examine it, to be the happiest speculation that has ever been thought of.

Do you conceive it is like a bull or a lion's roar?" "The Bible says a lion," said Miss Bidwell, looking all the more severe because she was so amused.

She was the more resigned to this interlude because she was so sure of its not lasting.

If they needed such a sacrifice we would not begrudge it, but the more they have the more they want, until the head of the family is a mere automatona machine to pamper useless folly.

With the more simple form of the condition, we may do much to render greater the animal's usefulness.

The more the man is encouraged to shirk work, the more the woman will have to toil to make up for wasted time.

As it was, Mithridates, who had proved himself most wise in all matters pertaining to a king, did not recognize the fact that neither arms nor multitude of subjects are of value to any one, without friendship on the part of the people; nay, the more dependents a person has (unless he holds them faithful to him) the greater burden they are to him.

But she was, not unnaturally, completely taken in by Arthur's similar game, the more easily as Arthur put into it an intensity of energy which Ross had not.

The more evidently accidental their introduction, the more trivial they are in themselves, the more they take hold of the imagination.

'The longer we do not hear, the more certain I am of their being at Leghorn,' said Venetia.

Ah, Aaron, do you not see that your dislike gives me the more reason only to esteem you?"

Of their four principal goddessesusing the more familiar Latin namesJuno is a shrew, Venus a wanton, while Minerva and Diana are Amazons or hermaphroditesmasculine minds in female bodies.

Naturally the ordinary Indian foray was directed against the settlements themselves; and of course the settlements of the frontier, as it continually shifted westward, were those which bore the brunt of the attack and served as a shield for the more thickly peopled and peaceful region behind.

If it is a question of languages, why not learn one of the more useful ones?

The more we investigated, however, the more dark and mysteriousalways supposing Harvey's innocencedid the whole case appear.

But it's nothing but a waste of energy, and only makes the whipping the more thorough.

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