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to Occurrences 1045%

Thus, in some were inserted glasses like watch crystals, adapted to the form and size of the female bosom.

for Occurrences 330%

" Here, by the way, we may remark, that the kind of vehicle best adapted for conveyance through the aerial void, has been a weighty stumbling block to authors, from the time of the eagle-mounted Ganymede, to that of Daniel O'Rourke; or of the wing furnished Daedalus and Icarus, to that of the flying Turk in Constantinople, referred to by Busbequius; or of the flying artist of the happy valley, in Rasselas.

from Occurrences 164%

This line of Shelley's is obviously adapted from a passage in Milton's Paradise Lost, where Satan addresses the angels in Eden (Book 4) 'Ye knew me once, no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar.' 1. 5.

into Occurrences 34%

His maiden effort in stage literature, "The Ladies' Battle," was produced in 1851; but it was not until November, 1852, with the appearance of "Masks and Faces"the story which he afterwards adapted into prose under the title of "Peg Woffington"that Reade became famous as a playwright.

as Occurrences 8%

They are important and voluminous enough to form a separate book; nor do they seem to me so well adapted as the sonnets for translation into English.

in Occurrences 8%

No precise rules of diet can be laid down for this period, as this requires to be adapted in every case to the particular constitution concerned.

with Occurrences 7%

Their short, twinkling legs make our Bassets more suitable for covert hunting than for hunting hares in the open, to which latter purpose they have frequently been adapted with some success.

than Occurrences 5%

For a town fowl, they are perhaps better adapted than any other variety.

at Occurrences 2%

What is adapted to the circumstances of one country may not be adapted to another; what will do for England may not do practically for Russia; and what may be adapted to the condition of a country at one period may not be adapted at another period.

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They have quite a fureur for dress and ornaments, hi the adapting of which, however, they have not so much taste as the French women have.

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On the other hand, Mr. Wallace's principle also explains why the bees and butterflies should prefer these specialized colors to all others, and should therefore select those flowers which display them by preference over any less developed types; for bees and butterflies are the most highly adapted of all insects to honey-seeking and flower-feeding.

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[and] the violence of the storms, were more suitable and better adapted on their side; for neither could our ships injure theirs with their beaks (so great was their strength), nor on account of their height was a weapon easily cast up to them; and for the same reason they were less readily locked in by rocks.

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This was the God of the Christians, borrowed from them, and adapted under a new designation, meaning 'Lord of the sky.'

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The correct quotation adapted à la fin du Siècle.

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