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apparently by a combination of the

It was known to the Mongols, apparently by a combination of the two names, as Shangdu Keibung .
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

are but a continuation of the

I should join in the regret of Gibbon, if these books contain any historical information: if they are but a continuation of the controversies which fill the last books in our present copies, they may as well sleep their eternal sleep in MS.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

and Bismarck are characteristic of the

Handel, Leibniz, Goethe, and Bismarck, are characteristic of the strong German type.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

and BEFC alike convex on the

28.] represent the Object-glass composed of two Glasses ABED and BEFC, alike convex on the outsides AGD and CHF, and alike concave on the insides BME, BNE, with Water in the concavity BMEN.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

ahead by a century or two

If now I maintain that I am ahead, by a century or two of enlightenment, of Voltaire and Galiani—who was much more profound, how deeply must I have sunk into gloominess!
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

and by a clump of trees

rose took again, into the queer element I offered her, one of her plunges of submission; then I pointed out that the boat might perfectly be in a small refuge formed by one of the recesses of the pool, an indentation masked, for the hither side, by a projection of the bank and by a clump of trees growing close to the water.
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

a basis and calculable order the

One—the realm of causes—supplies appearances with a basis and calculable order; the other—the realm of truth and felicity—supplies them with a standard and justification.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

and Blanche are coheirs of Thomas

Mary, Ellen, and Blanche are coheirs of Thomas their father, whom they survive, and they are also coheirs of their grandfather Charles, to whom they succeed, and they would properly in a pedigree be described as both.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

apparent between all compartments of the

As owing to this continuity of structure, visible between the head and spine, we may infer the liability which the affections of the one region have to pass into and implicate the other, so likewise by that continuity apparent between all compartments of the face, fauces, oesophagus, and larynx, we may estimate how the pathological condition of the one region will concern the others.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

and bite and crawl over them

That was more easily sought for than found, for no sooner were they quiet than countless creatures began to sting, and bite, and crawl over them.
— from From Powder Monkey to Admiral: A Story of Naval Adventure by William Henry Giles Kingston

and bowed and chuckled over the

“I should be happy and honored if you would all come again,” said Miss Thorne as she waved adieu to her guests from the front piazza, while Jim and Chloe bobbed and bowed and chuckled over the generous present they had each received from Mr. Stuart.
— from The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach; Or, Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Laura Dent Crane

Andy being a cowpuncher of the

Andy, being a cowpuncher of the brand known as a "real," objected strongly both to the term and the tone.
— from The Happy Family by B. M. Bower

answered by a call of Tom

'You tell her,' he said, 'I shall never be able—' Knocking at Averil's door, Dr. May was answered by a call of 'Tom.' 'Not this time, my dear.
— from The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

a billet as captain of the

“Then come and report yourself to our chief, and harkee, you’ll be offered a billet as captain of the cook’s galley.
— from The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville

All bombs are carried on the

All bombs are carried on the planes either suspended under the wings or fuselage of the plane or in a compartment in the fuselage.
— from America's Munitions 1917-1918 by Benedict Crowell

at being A citizen of the

When that day dawned, Englishmen no longer sought the Continent in the spirit of the Elizabethans--the spirit which aimed at being "A citizen of the whole world." CHAPTER VII THE DECADENCE OF THE GRAND TOUR.
— from English Travellers of the Renaissance by Clare Howard

and bar and cove of the

With the coming of the clam farm there shall be clams enough, and oysters and scallops; for the whole mollusk industry, in every flat and bar and cove of the country, shall take to itself a new interest, and vastly larger proportions.
— from The Face of the Fields by Dallas Lore Sharp

a batteau and cradled on the

Born in a batteau and cradled on the waves—that's me!"
— from The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach

and by a clump of trees

On the opposite bank stood a substantial-looking wooden house, surrounded by a verandah and by a clump of trees, in the middle of what might have been an English park, to judge from the grass and the fine timber; and after crossing a small creek we reached the hospitable door of Kendenup Station.
— from The Last Voyage: To India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Annie Brassey

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