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to Occurrences 403%

I would much have liked to take him with me; but this was next to impossible, in the existing circumstances.

in Occurrences 128%

This lake is one of the few in all this region that I had never visited before, and is next in beauty to its namesake, two days' journey nearer to civilization.

of Occurrences 50%

The next of these epistles says: "Preston, May 29th.

for Occurrences 16%

When I go to see any great house, I inquire for the china-closet, and next for the picture gallery.

with Occurrences 15%

Though this year, 1537, has by the annalists of the Bible been called the first year of triumph, on account of the King's license, yet Bibles were still apt to be dangerous things to all concerned; and what was permitted one day was not unlikely, by a change in religion or policy, to be interdicted the next with severe visitations.

by Occurrences 13%

This may be seen first, by observing one shoulder to be lower than the other, and next by a projection of the part of the shoulder blades next to the spine.

at Occurrences 13%

That night they took up their inn in Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire, and the next night they lodged at Kettering, in Northamptonshire; and the next at Bedford Town; and the next at St. Albans, in Hertfordshire.

on Occurrences 11%

And Mexico is the first stepping-stone to South America; which is next on my list of the places that ought to have the whole scheme of Christian teaching and life.

after Occurrences 9%

SPRING, which, being the most delightful season in the whole year, as it comes the next after a long and cold winter makes it as welcome as it is delightful; for now the lengthening days afford full time for every body but drunkards and watchmen to finish their respective day's works by day-light, besides some time to spare to walk abroad, to see the fine new livery with which Dame Flora has now decked out Mother Earth.

from Occurrences 7%

It is not well to think my Kindness limited; This, from the Prince you hold, the next from me; Be what it will, I here declare it thine.

above Occurrences 4%

Next above it a layer of swollen cells, the nuclei of which are indistinguishable.

like Occurrences 4%

There the man stands in the dock, page by page; we ought to be able to see each chapter of him melting into the next like the figures in the cinematograph.

than Occurrences 4%

She has eyes bluer one minute than the grotto at Capri, greener the next than grass in June, grayer the next than a November day, and so on in turn through all the prismatic colors.

unto Occurrences 3%

And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom,) 15.

vnto Occurrences 3%

Next vnto the foreward, within a quarter of a mile, followeth the maine battell, and before the same are drawen the sayd sixe pieces of ordinance, with their gunners, and fifteene Spachi Archers.

under Occurrences 3%

It is one of the evidences of this progressive age that you should woo 'tired Nature's sweet restorer' one night under the roof of my respected brother-in-law, the next under my own.

within Occurrences 2%

"They become fond of regularity and neatness; which is displayed, first upon their yards and little enclosures, and next within doors.

among Occurrences 2%

I spent that day and the next among my old fellow servants who had lived with me in Virginia.

as Occurrences 2%

This speech and the next as prose.

toward Occurrences 2%

It appears from an analysis of the behavior of Skirrl in problem 1 that there developed a single definite and persistent method, namely, that of going to one box in the group, and in case it happened to be a wrong one, of choosing, on emergence from it, the next toward the right end of the group, and so on down the line.

until Occurrences 2%

On the third day devoted to prayers they came together in response to an announcement of a meeting made by all the prætors in a written notice: still, they transacted no business on this day nor again on the next until on the twelfth day word was brought that Gaius had resigned his office.

below Occurrences 2%

By the "Act to establish and equalize the grade of line officers of the United States Navy," approved 16th July, 1862, the grade or rank of passed midshipman, which was the next below that of master, was discontinued and that of ensign was established, being now the next grade below that of master and the only grade in the line list between those of master and midshipman.

beyond Occurrences 1%

When abreast of the Shear Beacon, steer for the next beyond on the west side of the channel, to avoid a long patch of kelp, with three and five fathoms in it, extending two cables and a half to the South-South-West of the Barrel Rock.

between Occurrences 1%

The first pair pass out between the skull and the atlas, the next between the atlas and the axis, and so on down the canal.

out Occurrences 1%

" It was funny and pathetic to see the infuriate Colonel clutching at his grand manner, bowing one instant to the lady, shooting death and damnation the next out of heavy eyes at Austin.

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