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And yet, paramount in her envisagement of such a tragedy was the idea of a public proclamation of the cause of England in which he died.

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John

The second of these two general qualifications with which we must credit Mr. Belloc is the fact of his envisagement of the possibility of this war.

From Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Remained his envisagement of England—England!—standing four-square to her enemies, but standing as some huge and splendid animal something bewildered by the fury of the onset upon it.

From If Winter Comes by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

Matthew Arnold would have applauded the envisagement of literature as "criticism of life," but would have deplored the sacrifice of sweetness to gain increased intensity of light.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Yet the episodic in his hands has ever its use for psychologic envisagement.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard