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  • This is, as yet, a mere hypothesis, to be tested empirically without any preconceptions.

    Từ trong câu: preconception, mere, hypothesis, test

    Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind - Tiếng Anh, PD-US

  • In relation to their surroundings man and the maggot are in the same position.

    Từ trong câu: maggot, relation, surround, man, position

    Chapman Cohen, Theism or Atheism: The Great Alternative - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • Sea and Land was to furnish part of this and a mortgage was suggested.

    Từ trong câu: mortgage, suggest, furnish, sea, land, part

    Frederick Brückbauer, The Kirk on Rutgers Farm - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • Nursing was taken up; sewing and cooking classes, model flats and cottage meetings started.

    Từ trong câu: cottage, nurse, model, flat, sew, cooking, take, up

    Frederick Brückbauer, The Kirk on Rutgers Farm - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • If a body of citizens petitioned, they were porter-house politicians or bankrupt traders.

    Từ trong câu: bankrupt, body, citizen, petition, house, politician, trader

    Anonymous, The Causes of the Rebellion in Ireland Disclosed In an Address to the People of England, in Which It Is Proved by Incontrovertible Facts, That the System for Some Years Pursued in That Country, Has Driven It into Its Present Dreadful Situation - Tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • The first is the most dangerous because the most numerous and the least content.

    Từ trong câu: dangerous, first, because, numerous, least, content

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • Thrice they broke out of their quarter, rioting like mad and defying the police.

    Từ trong câu: mad, defy, break, out, quarter, like, police

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • Their use is to supply to both combatants a vocabulary of accusation and appeal.

    Từ trong câu: vocabulary, accusation, use, supply, appeal

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • In the course of a half dozen lines of petition it has become "humane".

    Từ trong câu: humane, course, half, dozen, line, petition, become

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • "Then it is not deterrent," mutters the gentleman whose rude forefather pelted the hangman.

    Từ trong câu: deterrent, mutter, gentleman, rude

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • They may fight if they will, but neither can kick away the other's support.

    Từ trong câu: kick, fight, neither, away, support

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • But it is not always enough to ask oneself, "How would Christ do this?"

    Từ trong câu: oneself, always, enough, ask

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • No ruler nor government ever does permit it except under the stress of compulsion.

    Từ trong câu: compulsion, ruler, stress, government, ever, permit, except

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • The Vagrant: One thing has been overlooked--a legal punishment for begging for work.

    Từ trong câu: overlook, thing, legal, punishment, beg, work

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • If he were not egotist as well as coward he would need no excuse.

    Từ trong câu: coward, well, need, excuse

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • In England it is the Tyrant Man himself who is chafing in his chain.

    Từ trong câu: tyrant, man, himself, chain

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • If the protagonists of woman suffrage are frank they are shallow; if wise, uncandid.

    Từ trong câu: protagonist, woman, frank, shallow, wise

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • Into the vortex of politics goes every floating thing that is free to move.

    Từ trong câu: vortex, politics, go, every, float, thing, free, move

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • The protagonist of reversion to the regime of lacking noses should lack a nose.

    Từ trong câu: protagonist, regime, lack, nose

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • This recent uniformity of malevolence in the choice of victims is not without significance.

    Từ trong câu: uniformity, recent, choice, victim, significance

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • In medicine there has been discovered but a single specific; in politics not one.

    Từ trong câu: specific, medicine, discover, single, politics

    Ambrose, 1842-1914? Bierce, The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • "You must let me reimburse what expense we have put you to, Mr. Gordon.

    Từ trong câu: reimburse, let, expense, put, mr

    Paul Leicester Ford, The Great K. & A. Robbery - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • It is amazing how neatly you put an hour of thinking into a minute.

    Từ trong câu: amaze, put, hour, think, minute

    Unknown, The Second Story of Meno A Continuation of Socrates' Dialogue with Meno in Which the Boy Proves Root 2 is Irrational - Tiếng Anh, Ghi công tác giả & ấn bản gốc

  • Strange as it may seem, however, the district round Strangeways Gaol was comparatively deserted.

    Từ trong câu: gaol, strange, seem, however, district, round, desert

    Joseph Hocking, The Day of Judgment - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • Also Granddad might have waked up, and we can get his advice," said Ruth.

    Từ trong câu: granddad, wake, up, get, advice

    Claude A. LaBelle, The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • People wondered how such a lovely young man could fall into such ruinous courses.

    Từ trong câu: ruinous, people, wonder, lovely, young, man, fall, course

    Harvey Newcomb, Anecdotes for boys - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh, PD-US

  • If they escaped shipwreck, they were stolen by the men who escaped with them.

    Từ trong câu: shipwreck, escape, steal, man

    Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Heroes of the Middle West: The French - Tiếng Anh - en-US, PD-US

  • He would have liked, of course, to have taken Tom home in a bucket.

    Từ trong câu: bucket, like, course, take, home

    Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • And standing before the mirror at that moment, she caught sight of her earrings.

    Từ trong câu: earring, stand, mirror, moment, catch, sight

    Hall, Sir Caine, The Manxman : a novel - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US

  • "That love is as strong a passion, at any rate, as drinking or gambling.

    Từ trong câu: gambling, love, strong, passion, rate, drink

    Anthony Trollope, Ralph the Heir - Nguyên văn tiếng Anh - en-GB, PD-US