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A BLACK GOAT XX
THE TOMBS OF KÔR XVII THE BALANCE TURNS XVIII “GO, WOMAN!” XIX “GIVE ME A BLACK GOAT!” XX TRIUMPH XXI THE DEAD AND LIVING MEET XXII JOB HAS A PRESENTIMENT XXIII THE TEMPLE OF TRUTH XXIV WALKING THE PLANK XXV THE SPIRIT OF LIFE XXVI
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

a Bethel Gen xviii
Harold pointed to his mother the tall magnolia on the river bank, which had been to him a Bethel (Gen. xviii.
— from The Young Marooners on the Florida Coast by F. R. (Francis Robert) Goulding

allotted by Gregory XV
The actual value of this ring is only twenty-five dollars, but for many centuries the newly-created cardinal has been expected to give a large sum of money for some pious purpose, which was different under different popes, but was perpetually allotted by Gregory XV., in 1622, to the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

and by Gregory XIII
Vittoria Accoramboni Peretti had three brothers: Ottavio was, through the recommendation of Cardinal Peretti, nominated by the Duke of Urbino for, and by Gregory XIII.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

and Bonnie George xi
Well , Clerk Sanders , and The Dæmon Lover , are perhaps the most notable examples amongst the ballads proper, and Fair Helen of Kirconnell , The Twa Corbies , and Bonnie George xi Campbell amongst the dirges.
— from Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick

are brethren Gen xiii
Thus Abraham and Lot are “brethren” (Gen. xiii.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

A BOY GUARDIAN X
THE DIAMOND BRACELET IV GILL MACE V THE RUINED HOUSE VI AN ASTONISHING CLUE VII THE CONFIDENCE MAN VIII NIPPED IN THE BUD IX A BOY GUARDIAN X AN OBSTINATE REBEL XI TURNING THE TABLES XII
— from The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph by Frank V. Webster

athletic Border games xlv
xliii Miles End athletic Border games, xlv Morton, Thomas, Gale, 25 , 33 " Joseph, Gale, 26 Mulcaster, Richard, on the art of "wrastling," 5 Muncaster bridge, "built by men from Grasmere," 86 Nanny, Louis, Haltwhistle, 171 Nicholson, Matthias, Penruddock, 11 Nicholson, Thomas , 99 —thrown by Miles Dixon, 83 , match with Harry Graham, 117 Nicholson, John, 46 , 100 , 109 "Noo, lads, I've clear'd rooad for yee," 92 Olympic games, ix "Owther the coo back, or the brass to pay for't," 205 Parker, John, Sparkgate, 54 " Joseph, Crooklands, 75 Parkyns, Sir Thomas, treatise on wrestling, xxviii , [Pg 250] rules and conditions, xxxii Parkyns, Sir Thomas.
— from Wrestling and Wrestlers Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Jacob Robinson

and by Gregory XI
The traffic of the Italian republics with the Moslems had been denounced by Gregory X in 1272, by Boniface VIII in 1299, by Urban V in 1366, and by Gregory XI in 1372.
— 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

Allan Bank Grasmere XII
The Journals Dorothy Wordsworth, (Artist unknown) Allan Bank, Grasmere XII The Journals Mary Wordsworth, by Margaret Gillies Rydal Mount XIII Correspondence Dora Wordsworth, by Margaret Gillies Bolton Abbey XIV Correspondence W. Wordsworth, by Edward C. Wyon Blea Tarn XV Correspondence
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

and Bethel Gen xii
Abraham pitched his tent between Ai and Bethel (Gen. xii.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg


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