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in Occurrences 338%

Whether it was with a view of preserving their linen unrumpled, or of enjoying greater space, I cannot tell; but certain it is, that they divested themselves of clothing to a degree not generally practised in Europe.

on Occurrences 120%

I found she was coming down backwards, which I took to be a mere girlish freak, or perhaps a piece of coquetry, practised on myself: but I afterwards found, that about the time the earth is at the full, the whole family pursued the same course, and were very scrupulous in making their steps in this awkward and inconvenient way, because it was one of the prescribed forms of their church.

with Occurrences 75%

Oh, a very thriving Calling, Sir,and I have a young Wife to practise with.

at Occurrences 59%

When the boys opened their bags, I found that instead of books and provisions, as I had expected, they were filled with sticks, which they told us constituted the arithmetical lessons they were required to practise at home.

of Occurrences 45%

" "The Southerners," said he, "have the proverb, 'The man who sticks not to rule will never make a charm-worker or a medical man,' Good!'Whoever is intermittent in his practise of virtue will live to be ashamed of it.'

for Occurrences 38%

On this machine, the prisoner, armed with a pewter squirt, used to practise for several hours a day, careering rapidly around the rink, and taking flying shots, as he went, at large posters attached to the wall, having portraits on them of General GRANT, Hon. H. GREELEY, Hon. WM.

as Occurrences 36%

We are unable, indeed, to reach the period in any country, when the inhabitants were destitute of medical resources, and even among the most uncultivated tribes we find medicine cherished as a blessing and practised as an art.

to Occurrences 19%

Every artifice of sedition has been since practised to awaken discontent and inflame indignation.

among Occurrences 16%

" Another mode of love-divination formerly much practised among the lower orders was known as "peascod-wooing."

towards Occurrences 15%

We did not dispute Bowring's right to bring about, if he could, an arrangement more favourable to himself than the one we had proposed; but we thought the concealment which he had practised towards us, while seemingly entering into our own project, an affront: and even had we not thought so, we were indisposed to expend any more of our time and trouble in attempting to write up the Review under his management.

without Occurrences 13%

All those who practise without a regular admission, or who can be convicted of disingenuous practice, are discarded.

against Occurrences 12%

Dear Mabel!Yet to-day thy brothers came, Taxing me harshly, and in cruel terms, With practising against thy precious life.

from Occurrences 9%

In this dream of drunken eclecticism, and in the original possibility of such an eclecticism, lay the ground of that enormous falsehood which Pope practised from youth to age.

before Occurrences 8%

I was lately at a Tea-Table, where some young Ladies entertained the Company with a Relation of a Coquet in the Neighbourhood, who had been discovered practising before her Glass.

under Occurrences 7%

I spare thy life, restore thy dignity, and, to prove that the precepts of Christ may be practised under the garb of Mahomet, will not even exact eye for eye.

during Occurrences 5%

This was for her to become possessed of a knowledge of her father's art (secretly, since he had given a check to her plan), and she believed she could accomplish it by watching his progress, and practising during his long absences from home.

than Occurrences 5%

His shining face would have told, even to eyes less practised than those of Dr. Brandegee, exactly the answer, as to kind and readiness, which he would have made to every question put to his white friends.

amongst Occurrences 5%

Similar sacrifices of slaves or pigs were practised amongst the ancient Filipinos, with peculiar ceremonies by female priests (Catalonas).

by Occurrences 4%

He is but a copier at best, and will never arrive to practise by the life; for bar him the imitation of something he has read, and he has no image in his thoughts.

within Occurrences 4%

It is dreadful to think of the horrors that have been practised within its walls, in our own time.

through Occurrences 4%

As we shall have to speak of the art practised through the medium, termed incubation, of curing diseases, it may be proper to say something previously on the interpretation of dreams through whose agency these events were said to be realized.

like Occurrences 3%

I was merely practising like a cricketer at the nets; there was nothing to struggle for except a verdict when it would not come without some effort.

about Occurrences 2%

For a moment they did not know what he meant; but Charlotte, who comprehended immediately after, declined his well-meant offer, not liking to have introduced and practised about her a thing of which she had always had the strongest apprehensions.

after Occurrences 2%

Subsequently it is well known incubation was practised after the Grecian form in the Roman temple of Aesculapius on the Insula Tiberina.[103]

between Occurrences 2%

Luckily, Great Smash happened to be near, and her husband called her to the gate by one of the signals that, was much practised between them.

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