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Abati Bocca degli xxxii
Abati, Bocca degli, xxxii. 106 . —— Buoso, xxv.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

and by Diodorus xii
This event is mentioned by Thucydides, lib. 3, Smith’s Trans, i. 293; and by Diodorus, xii.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Arrian but Diodorus xvii
Justin , xii. 11, agrees with Arrian; but Diodorus (xvii. 109); Plutarch ( Alex. , 70); Curtius (x. 8) say 10,000 talents.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Arabantinos Berger de Xivrey
Ameilhon; Arabantinos; Berger de Xivrey; Byzantine Historians ( see under Alphabetical Bibliography, on p. 367); Curtius; Djelal; Ducange; Finlay; Florinsky; Gibbon; Gregorovius; Hammer; Hase; Hertzberg; Hody; Hopf; Kampouroglou; Karamzin; Lampros; Lüdemann; Migne; Miller; Moncada; Moniferratos; Mullach; Müller; Muntaner; Niebuhr; Paparregopoulos; Parisot; Rodd; Sathas; Stritter; Tafel; Tozer.
— from The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403) by Herbert Adams Gibbons

as by day x
These last are a flourishing and very industrious people, who work by night as well as by day (x. 84-86).
— from The Authoress of the Odyssey Where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad, and how the poem grew under her hands by Samuel Butler

a brother Deut xvii
If thy brother (and a king must be a brother, Deut. xvii.
— from A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

Antonio Bocarro DECADA xiii
Compare Antonio Bocarro, DECADA xiii.
— from A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India by Nunes, Fernão, active 16th century

appointed by Dareios Xerxes
Then after he had conversed with him, and had appointed Mascames son of Megadostes to be governor at this place Doriscos, removing the governor who had been appointed by Dareios, Xerxes marched forth his army through Thrace to invade Hellas.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 by Herodotus

ANOTHER BLOW DESCENDS XVII
ANOTHER BLOW DESCENDS XVII.
— from Flood Tide by Sara Ware Bassett

and brass Deut xxxiii
Much iron and brass existed in Phœnicia, and the possession of this country having been once intended for the tribe of Ashur, Moses said to that tribe, ‘under thy shoes shall be iron and brass:’ (Deut. xxxiii.
— from Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 2 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition by Charles Bucke

A Bold Dash XXII
A Bold Dash XXII.
— from The Boy Aviators on Secret Service; Or, Working with Wireless by John Henry Goldfrap


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