course of thought
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My spirits were so disarranged, my nerves so clamorous in their confusion, that no course of thought, speech, or action presented itself.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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"I have teams enough," he continued, picking up the course of thought where he had broken off.
From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold
The course of thought next shows—Love taking the slave’s debts on itself.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
The course of thought passes on to a solemn reminder of the truth and worth of that Gospel which was threatened by the budding heresies of the Colossian Church.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
Yet the two epistles do not follow the same course of thought, and their contents cannot be successfully exhibited in a common synoptical abstract.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various