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Sentences starting with portion

Portion of one of the secondary wing-feathers near to the body, shewing the so-called elliptic ornaments. [1]
Portion near summit of one of the secondary wing-feathers, bearing perfect ball-and-socket ocelli. [1]

Sentences ending with portion

Most of the young men knew a portion of it, and it was not customary to venture much beyond this known portion. [5]
An' what ye've told me ye'll kape to y'self, Coolin, or hell shall be your portion. [11]
By authority of this astonishing By-law, she has only to say a person connected with that Church is secretly practicing hypnotism or mesmerism; whereupon, immediate excommunication, without a hearing, is his portion! [5]
It does not take a great man to soon discover that, in raising anything, the greater part of the plants goes into stalk and leaf, and the fruit is a most inconsiderable portion. [4]
Then the pioneer pushed him angrily back, and when at last the beggar clutched his garment, he raised his whip, and struck him two or three times, crying out: 'There-that is your portion! [10]
Obey this my last will, and the earth will yield you its fruits abundantly; your wives, your flocks and herds shall be blessed and freedom shall be your portion. [10]
The lion has had his portion. [10]
For the seducer and the betrayer death is the portion. [11]
It was remarkable, also, that Perkinism, which had so little success with the medical and scientific part of the community, found great favor in the eyes of its more lovely and less obstinate portion. [6]

Sentences containing portion two or more times

She felt--she knew--that with her husband a portion of her own being had been riven from her, but she could not yet perceive that this last portion was nothing less than the very foundations of her whole moral and social being. [10]
I wish to say at the beginning that I will hand to the reporters that portion of Judge Trumbull's Alton speech which was devoted to this matter, and also that portion of Judge Douglas's speech made at Jacksonville in answer to it. [7]
Thus, every portion of a man is restored to that portion of the universe to which it belongs; and of himself, his own essence, nothing remains but one part what that is called is a great secret. [10]
By this policy no one portion of our friends can ever be certain as to what course another portion may adopt; and by this want of mutual and perfect understanding our political identity is partially frittered away and lost. [7]
A portion of Kentucky, by reason of the course of the Ohio, is farther north than this portion of Ohio, in which we now stand. [7]
A portion of Kentucky was farther north than this portion of Ohio. [7]

More example sentences with the word portion in them

Arriving in New York, November 19, 1867, Mark Twain found himself no longer unknown to the metropolis, or to any portion of America. [5]
Was it not wonderful that for more than thirty years, over a generation, the choicest portion of them had remained in one family, untouched, as if, separated for some great use! [5]
This was done with the upper portion of her body bending very far forward. [10]
After his conversation with the sovereign he had retired to his private room, to devote himself to the philological studies which he pursued during the greater portion of the day with equal zeal and success. [10]
The charge is, with regard to this universal suffrage, that you take the fruits of increased representation produced by it, and then deny it to a portion of the voters whose action was expected to produce a different political result. [4]
The daughter's portion will be curtailed by the father; that's what I call bargaining between relations. [10]
No one knew who started it, but it probably was Billy Bagshot, who had had more than a double portion of drink, and was seized with a desire to celebrate his thanks to Connor thus. [11]
A young lady, who had listened to a solemn sermon of Dr. Posthelwaite's, slipped out of Church before the prayers were ended, and hurried into that deserted portion of the town about the Court House where on week days business held its sway. [9]
The severe suffering which has darkened so large a portion of my life has been attributed to this fracture, but the idea is probably incorrect; otherwise the consequences would have appeared earlier. [10]
The place of which Bias had told him was situated on a lofty portion of the shore. [10]
Gamaliel knew in what peril Orion stood, and the fate that hung over the noble maiden who had once given him the costliest of gems, and afterwards entrusted to him a portion of her fortune. [10]
At the Hermitage we were about fifteen or eighteen hundred feet above the sea, and thus far a portion of the ascent had been pretty abrupt. [5]
But what are we to say about the rudimentary and variable vertebrae of the terminal portion of the tail, forming the os coccyx? [1]
The main one was that in the Southern portion of the Union the people did not let the Republicans proclaim their doctrines amongst them. [7]
At times he was drunk for forty hours at a stretch, when he would shut himself in his cabin and leave his ship to the care of Cockle, who navigated with the sober portion of the crew. [9]
In the second volume, the author gives us an ample supply of excellent brown bread; in his third, only such a portion as gives substance, like the crumbs of bread in a well-made, not too rich, plum-pudding. [14]
This is a very curious and interesting circumstance, and is a withering rebuke to those philosophers who would make us believe that it is not possible for any portion of the earth to fly off into space. [5]
In fact, he used, unasked and secretly, a considerable portion of his large revenues to relieve the distress of the poor and suffering. [10]
It was not until he was seventeen years old that Sam Clemens wrote a letter any portion of which has survived. [5]
There was no uniformity in their apparel, yet each one wore some portion of a martial and resplendent dress--an ornamented kepi, or a scarlet sash, or big golden epaulets, or a military coat braided with yellow. [4]
For the last two months we have been in a worry about one portion of this Holy Land pilgrimage. [5]
A brook came tumbling down the mountain-side and skirted the most thickly settled portion of the village. [6]
He had become troubled with doubts respecting a portion of his duties, and it was not in his nature to conceal these doubts from his people. [6]
He had them trained on that portion of the advancing infantry of Ali Wad Hei not yet covered by his own forces. [11]
There is no trail through Hunter's Pass, which, as I have intimated, is the least frequented portion of this wilderness. [4]
On the side toward the room the curtains were drawn back far enough to allow those who were permitted to approach the regent to see her head and the upper portion of her body, which was wrapped in an ermine cape. [10]
A great riot took place when an attempt was made by some fastidious and exclusive egotists to introduce partitions which should partially divide one portion of these receptacles into individual compartments. [6]
A portion of Tom's half of the cake was left; they divided and ate it. [5]
Then he went to the Khedivial Club and ordered himself four courses, a pint of champagne and a glass of '48 port, his usual dinner being one course, double portion, and a pint of claret. [11]
Miss Badlam called to see Mrs. Hopkins, then, and the two had a long talk together, of which only a portion is on record. [6]
Our purpose is to note some of the tendencies of the dogma as it is at present understood by a considerable portion of mankind. [4]
It is time to inquire what basis this great reputation had in enduring qualities, what portion of it was due to local and favoring circumstances, and to make an impartial study of the author's literary rank and achievement. [4]
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. [7]
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. [7]
Both rooms belonged to a spacious suite which lay between the harem and the major portion of the Palace. [11]
As night drew to a close that day, the prince found himself far down in the close-built portion of the city. [5]
I have not time now to dwell on this as long as I would like, and wish only now to requote that portion of my speech at Charleston which the Judge quoted, and then make some comments upon it. [7]
I went downstairs through the tobacco-stale atmosphere of the lobby into the fresh air and sparkly sunlight of the mild February morning, and leaving the business district I reached the residence portion of the little town. [9]
These rested in three-branched iron chandeliers, every portion of which, from the slender central shaft to the intricately-carved and twisted ornaments, had been carefully wrought by Aquanus with his own hand. [10]
It was as though the tortured portion of her brain had at length been seared. [9]
It seemed as though he held in his hand a portion of herself and, obeying a hasty impulse, he kissed the letter. [10]
A portion of this statement read as follows: The chief knows who the two principals are, namely, "Brick" Daffy and "Red" McFadden. [5]
I suggest to this portion of the Ohio Republicans, or Democrats, if there be any present, the serious consideration of this fact that there is now going on among you a steady process of debauching public opinion on this subject. [7]
One portion of this noble old edifice is suggestive of the quaint fashions of ancient times. [5]
In respect to this large portion of Judge Douglas's speech in which he tries to show that in the controversy between himself and the Administration party he is in the right, I do not feel myself at all competent or inclined to answer him. [7]
Gobryas, see that these men are well cared for, and send the Massagetan, who wounded me in battle, a portion of the best dishes from my own table. [10]
If Bremerton read them--and a portion of Bremerton did--no difference was apparent in the attendance at Hodder's church. [9]
But, speaking generally, the world is still young and growing, and a considerable portion of it unfinished. [4]
Every portion of the wagon became a prey of its special accident, except that most fragile looking of all its parts, the wheel. [6]
As a result, the volumes here gathered together represent but a limited portion of the work he accomplished. [4]
But below Marshall the valley contracts, and the rails are laid a good portion of the way in the old stage road. [4]
That portion of the universal soul which of yore dwelt in Roxana, and now in you, Melissa, has also vanquished the pain which has embittered my life. [10]
The statement in the text concerning a portion of the materia medica stands exactly as delivered, and is meant exactly as it stands. [6]
A glance at the table of contents will give an idea of the objects which Emerson proposed to himself in his tour, and which take up the principal portion of his record. [6]
The amount of the sums owed by the Eysvogel firm, as well as the names of its creditors in Nuremberg, Augsburg, Ulm, and Regensburg, Venice, Milan, Bruges, and other German and foreign cities, formed the most important portion of his speech. [10]
How inadequate to the subjection of any considerable portion of it seems this little band of ill-equipped adventurers, who cannot without peril of life stray a league from the bay where the "Mayflower" lies. [4]
Noakes retreated to the small after-cabin of his ship, with two other bullies, and gave out that death would be the portion of any man that intruded there. [5]
The words of the Roman satirist, that tears were the best portion of all human life, returned to his memory. [10]
He had found the portion of the shore from which the promontory ran densely crowded with people--from whom he learned that Antony was no longer in the palace--and the sea filled with boats. [10]
One portion of the platz is now a lively and picturesque forest of evergreens, an extensive thicket of large and small trees, many of them trimmed with colored and gilt strips of paper. [4]
Cleopatra herself laid the plans before me, even the secret portion showing the course of the subterranean chambers. [10]
The portion of the Papyrus Ebers just mentioned is now the only Egyptian source from whence we can obtain instruction concerning this important branch of ancient medicine. [10]
I suppose that the most cultivated and best informed portion of the earth's surface--the Western Reserve of Ohio, as free from conceit as it is from a suspicion that it lacks anything owes its pre-eminence solely to this comprehensive journal. [4]
I had reached the more respectable portion of the city, where the churches were emptying. [9]
One portion of the men go into the military, another into the priesthood, and the rest into the shoe-making business. [5]
Indeed, the ruin, the lonely wandering which had been Jean Jacques' portion, had given him that dignity which often comes to those who defy destiny and the blows of angry fate. [11]
The boiler in the Kubisch cloth factory had burst, a part of the huge building near it was in flames, and a large portion of the walls had fallen. [10]
This portion of the Height of Land is a lonely country. [11]
Amasis was in the habit of observing most faithfully these daily-repeated ceremonies and hours of work; the remaining portion of the day he spent as it pleased him, and generally in cheerful society. [10]
A wall bordered the greater portion of the road, which often led through a ravine overgrown with brushwood and past bastions and other solid masonry. [10]
I wrote here the greater portion of An Egyptian Princess, and afterwards many a chapter of Uarda, Homo Sum, and other novels. [10]
The interior of the first story was nearly completed and the rough portion of the second was progressing. [10]
On the contrary, the first inspection of the tables suggested the prospect of days of unstinted luxury; and the younger portion of the household, especially, were in a state of great excitement as the account of stock was taken with reference to future internal investments. [6]
That portion of the earth's surface which is owned and inhabited by the people of the United States is well adapted to be the home of one national family, and it is not well adapted for two or more. [7]
A portion of the crowd streamed after the strangers, but the larger number remained at their places, knowing that many a new and wonderful sight yet awaited them. [10]
I will import the chief portion of it into this book, partly because of its intrinsic interest, and partly because it gives such a vivid idea of what the perilous pastime of Alp-climbing is. [5]
The timbers of the chancel portion of the building seemed about to fall, and still the two men did not appear. [11]
Every portion of the building blazed with gold and vivid coloring; the painter's hand had added life to the marble groups in high relief that filled the pediments and the smaller figures in the long row of metopes. [10]
Perhaps it was the bountiful impetus he gave to the commerce of Honolulu, and the fact that he talked of buying up a portion of one of the Islands for sugar-planting, that induced the King to be gracious to him. [11]
Another portion of the blame rests with the public itself, which insists on being poisoned. [3]
A glance over the audience sufficed to ascertain that that portion of the population whose dinner pails we longed to fill was evidently not present in large numbers. [9]
Thus he is the all-pervading soul of the universe, and a portion of that soul dwells in you, in me, in all of us. [10]
And I learned that the estate had not only been paying the taxes and its portion of Farrar's salary, but also a considerable amount into Mr. Cooke's pocket the while it was being improved. [9]
A portion of that soul, which dwelt in all created things, had its abode in each human being, to return to the divine source after death. [10]
We were in that portion of the Ophir known as the "north mines. [5]
It is true that if everything be enumerated, a portion of such statistics may not be very useful to this object. [7]
Within the little temple is a portion of the very stone which was rolled away from the door of the Sepulchre, and on which the angel was sitting when Mary came thither "at early dawn. [5]
Some one had telegraphed particulars--distorted particulars--over from Liverpool, and all the evening sheets had their portion of extravagance and sensation. [11]
He appeared to take a delight in the fancy she had suggested; that he had brought a portion of the newer world to France. [9]
Yet we were surprised to find a well-beaten path a considerable portion of the way and wherever a path is possible. [4]
It was doubtless suggested by that old fancy of wearing a portion of elk's hoof hung round the neck or in a ring, for this disease. [3]
Any portion of such people that can may revolutionize and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit. [7]
But though she still retained a portion of her former affection for Wolf Hartschwert, she loved the Emperor Charles with passionate fervour. [10]
It has been stated in the public press that a portion of those Indians have been organized as a military force and are attached to the army of the insurgents. [7]
The hotel we sought was still there, and its menu, save for the war-bread and the tiny portion of sugar, as irreproachable as ever. [9]
Were trouble and sorrow so much her portion that to her mind this tragedy, whatever it was, must touch the man nearest to her--and certainly Shiel Crozier was far nearer than Jesse Bulrush. [11]
After the more solid portion of the banquet had been duly honored, the cakes and sweet preparations of various kinds began to get their share of attention. [6]
Meantime, with inimitable solemnity, he threw back the upper portion of the body and his curly head, placing his left hand on his hip. [10]
What if ever so small a portion of this were true? [9]
Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence? [7]

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