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in Occurrences 147%

W. was too busy to attend to such small matters, so I consulted M. de L., chef de cabinet, and we agreed that I should send all the correspondence which was not strictly personal to him, and he would have it examined in the "bureau."

into Occurrences 136%

The other performs his set task, but at the same time he is examining into the principles of his engine, or into the conduct of the factory or business.

with Occurrences 126%

But it is possible to grind a slice of chalk down so thin that you can see through ituntil it is thin enough, in fact, to be examined with any magnifying power that may be thought desirable.

for Occurrences 65%

Boston, including East and South Boston, but not Washington Village, has 50,805 on a mile; and the Broad-Street section, densely filled with Irish families, had, when last examined for this purpose, in 1845, a density of population at the rate of 413,000 on the same space.

at Occurrences 29%

With regard to the confessions of Tyrell and Dighton, Bacon has certainly spoken without warrant in stating that they were examined at the time of Warbeck's appearance.

as Occurrences 29%

Yet he must learn every phase of all this work thoroughly, for some day, before he becomes an officer, he must be examined as to his knowledge of all this great mass of detail.

on Occurrences 25%

In looking forward to the dangers we had still to encounter, I was led closely to examine on what our hope of preservation was fixed.

before Occurrences 21%

The whole of me, it is true, was once examined before a Trial Justice; but as that was years ago, and it was "the other boy" that was to blame, I refrain from incorporating the details into the history of our country.

under Occurrences 19%

This, when examined under the microscope, was found to consist almost entirely of the frustules of Diatoms, some of them wonderfully perfect in all the details of their ornament, and many of them broken up.

by Occurrences 16%

"I had her examined by

to Occurrences 12%

Before we confer on a man, who caresses the people, the title of patriot, we must examine to what part of the people he directs his notice.

from Occurrences 9%

History may be examined from an entirely new angle.

through Occurrences 7%

The four thousand words have been meticulously examined through intellectual microscopes in judicial opinions, textbooks, and other commentaries which are as "thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks in Vallombrosa.

without Occurrences 6%

Boxes and drawers she unlocked and opened, the dresser, the writing-table, the bureau, the long unused sewing basket, all were examined without success.

about Occurrences 5%

But being afterward condemned to death on a charge of treasonnot an unknown charge, as Walpole imagines, but a charge of having treasonably aided the escape of the Earl of Suffolkhe was then, as More says, examined about it in the Tower, having probably made a voluntary confession of guilt to ease his conscience before his execution.

after Occurrences 5%

So that she is actually taken for a man, although the primary sex organs are ovaries, often not discovered to be such except when examined after an operation or death.

against Occurrences 4%

Bill to diminish the horrors of the Middle Passage; Evidence examined against it; Debates; Bill passed through both Houses.

during Occurrences 3%

" Then Mathieu very carefully scrutinized a wash drawing of a very simple but powerful steam thresher, an invention of his own, on which he had been working for some time past, and which a big landowner of Beauce, M. Firon-Badinier, was to examine during the afternoon.

outside Occurrences 1%

Some were closely canvassed in the newspapers and country; others were hardly examined outside Parliament.

than Occurrences 1%

Because it is less the picture which he examines than the handiwork of the painter, the actual work which is the chief object of his survey.

between Occurrences 1%

The line from Worcester to Springfield, though apparently much less formidable, and to one who now rides over the road showing no very marked features, demanded hardly less study, as many as twelve several routes having been examined between Worcester and Brookfield.

towards Occurrences 1%

In this voyage the coast of the newly discovered land was examined towards the west, or rather the north-west.

among Occurrences 1%

Three days after the visit from the natives, Mr. Bedwell and Mr. Hunter proceeded to examine among the mangroves at the back of the harbour for a communication with some fresh water ponds which we had discovered the day before; but they returned in the afternoon without success.

alike Occurrences 1%

The studious king with astonishing catholicity examined alike both Christian and Arabic traditions, customs, and codes, paying a scholarly respect to the greatness of a hostile language and literature.

within Occurrences 1%

If examined within twelve months for the civil servicefor any post-office, custom-house, or Department at Washingtonstate the time, place, and result. 5.

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