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
We shall perhaps best bring out the course of thought by dealing with these verses in three groups, of which the three words, Suffering, Service, and Mystery, are respectively the centres.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
The wily P�re never ventured to break in upon a course of thought, every motive of which contributed to his own secret purpose.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
The course of thought is, that a debtor has used another man's product and is bound to replace it.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
The course of thought which led to this assumption is not difficult to understand, if we seize the shade of difference which separates the ancient from the modern conception of Natural Law.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir
