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and baptism xxv
Edwin, King of Deira, afterwards of Northumbria, 5th Bretwalda, 109 , 127 , 147 , 164 , 243 n., 348 n.; his early history, xxv , 112 , 115 , 130 n.; marries Ethelberg of Kent, xxiv , 102 , 103 ; conquers the Mevanian Islands, 94 , 102 ; his dominion, 102 ; his vision, 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 ; his conversion and baptism, xxv , 102 , 105 , 110 , 111 , 115 , 116 , 118 , 131 , 270 , 271 , 384 ; allows his daughter to be baptized, 104 , 384 ; his children, 104 , 119 , 132 ; receives letters from Pope Honorius, 124 , 125 ; converts Earpwald, xxv , 120 , 121 ; Eumer's attack on his life, 103 , 104 ; his war against the West Saxons, 104 , 105 ; builds St. Peter's, York, 118 , 119 , 131 ; bestows the see of York upon Paulinus, 118 ; marries Quenburga, 119 ; his glorious reign, 123 , 124 , 130 ; Caedwalla rebels against him, 130 ; defeated and killed at the battle of Hatfield, [pg 412] xxv , 119 , 130 , 131 , 134 , 135 n., 154 , 167 , 384 ; buried at Whitby, 131 n., 190 ; his head laid in St. Gregory's Chapel in St. Peter's, York, 131 , 190 n.; his Cross and Chalice preserved at Canterbury, 132 .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

ALa boca xiam
AL nazo or Alle cillie occhecheL ALe palpebre SechechieL Ali bussi deL nazo oresche ALa boca xiam Ali Labri Schiahame Ali denti phor.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Antiquities B XX
1: Josephus calls him a Gaulonite, of the city of Gamala; it is a great question where this Judas was born, whether in Galilee on the west side, or in Gaulonitis on the east side, of the river Jordan; while, in the place just now cited out of the Antiquities, B. XX.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

anchor BOOK XXIV
H2 anchor Reversals Let that which stood in front go behind, Let that which was behind advance to the front, Let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, Let the old propositions be postponed, Let a man seek pleasure everywhere except in himself, Let a woman seek happiness everywhere except in herself H2 anchor BOOK XXIV.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

and B XX
6; and B. XX. ch. 5. sect.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Antiquities B XIV
Nor did he touch any of its riches, as has been observed on the parallel place of the Antiquities, B. XIV.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

ANABASIS By Xenophon
Anabasis ANABASIS By Xenophon Translation by H. G. Dakyns Dedicated To Rev. B. Jowett, M.A. Master of Balliol College Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford Xenophon the Athenian was born
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

anchor BOOK XVIII
] H2 anchor BOOK XVIII.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

anchor BOOK XVII
H2 anchor BOOK XVII.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

away BOOK XIV
The Master said, 'To lead an uninstructed people to war, is to throw them away.' BOOK XIV.
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius

Apud Boquet xvi
"—Apud Boquet, xvi.
— from Life of Thomas à Becket by Henry Hart Milman

as Benedict XIV
He adds, "From the fact that the approbation of the works of St. Alfonso does not decide the truth of each proposition, it follows, as Benedict XIV. has remarked, that we may combat the doctrine which they contain; only, since a canonised saint is in question, who is honoured by a solemn culte in the Church, we ought not to speak except with respect, nor to attack his opinions except with temper and modesty."
— from Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman

Anglia Beiblatt XI
Reviews: Holthausen, Anglia, Beiblatt , XI , 289; Behagel, Literaturblatt , 1902, 67 (very brief).
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

Antiqq Book XIX
[103] The story of the death of Herod Agrippa as told by Josephus, Antiqq. , Book XIX., ch. viii., is in striking unison with that given in the Acts.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 by George Thomas Stokes

and Balder x
277 Frigento, Valley of Amsanctus near, v. 204 Frigg or Frigga, the Norse goddess, and Balder, x. 101, 102 Fringes to hide the eyes of girls at puberty, iii. 146, x. 47, 48 Fritsch, G., on Zulu festival of first-fruits, viii.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

and bed xlii
180 So let the wife, who is jealous of her husband, and on the point of writing a bill of divorce in her anger, say to herself, "In what state would my rival be better pleased to see me in than this, vexed and at variance with my husband, and on the point of abandoning his house and bed?" § xlii.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

and belly x
; not allowed to scratch themselves with their fingers, x. 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 47, 50, 53, 92; not allowed to lie down, x. 44; said to be wounded by a snake, x. 56; said to be swallowed by a serpent, x. 57; gashed on back, breast, and belly, x. 60; stung by ants, x. 61; beaten severely, x. 61, 66 sq. ; supposed to be attacked by a demon, x. 67 sq. ; not to see the sky, x. 69; forbidden to break bones of hares, x. 73 n. 3 —— under puberty used in rain-making, iii.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

ash bark Xanthoxylum
[Pg 270] Powder, acetanilid, compound, 6 anise, compound (Pulvis rhei et magnesiae anisatus), 184 antimonial, 30 aromatic, 66 chalk, compound, 76 composition (Pulvis myricae compositus), 135 Dover’s (Pulvis ipecacuanhae et opii), 151 Dover’s syrup (Syrupus ipecacuanhae et opii), 151 Dover’s tincture (Tinctura ipecacuanhae et opii), 152 gray (hydrargyrum cum creta), 112 Gregory’s (Pulvis rhei compositus), 184 James’ (Pulvis antimonialis), 30 licorice, compound (Pulvis glycyrrhizae compositum), 194 of aloes and canella, 21 of bayberry compound, 135 of chalk and opium, aromatic, 151 of chalk, aromatic, 66 of gambir, compound, 98 of glycyrrhiza, compound, 194 of ipecac and opium, 151 of ipecac, compound (Pulvis ipecacuanhae et opii), 151 of jalap, compound, 120 of kino and opium, compound, 122 of mild mercurous chloride and jalap, 110 of rhubarb and magnesia, anisated, 184 of rhubarb, compound, 184 of talc, boro-salicylated (Pulvis talci compositus), 12 of talc, compound, 12 pancreatin compound, 153 peptonizing (Pulvis pancreatini compositus), 153 rubefacient spice, 57 seidlitz (Pulvis effervescens compositus), 172 soluble, antiseptic, 231 Powdered compound extract of colocynth (Extractum colocynthidis compositum), 70 extract of aconite (Extractum aconiti), 15 extract of aloes (Extractum aloes), 20 extract of cascara sagrada (Extractum cascarae sagradae), 57 extract of cimicifuga (Extractum cimicifugae), 63 extract of colchicum corm (Extractum colchici cormi), 69 extract of colocynth (Extractum colocynthidis), 70 extract of euonymus (Extractum euonymi), 84 extract of gelsemium (Extractum gelsemii), 99 extract of hydrastis (Extractum hydrastis), 114 extract of ignatia (Extractum ignatiae), 116 extract of krameria (Extractum krameriae), 122 extract of leptandra (Extractum leptandrae), 124 extract of nux vomica (Extractum nucis vomicae), 136 extract of opium (Extractum opii), 149 extract of oxgall (Extractum fellis bovis), 85 extract of physostigma (Extractum physostigmatis), 162 extract of quassia (Extractum quassiae), 176 extract of rhubarb (Extractum rhei), 183 extract of viburnum prunifolium (Extractum viburni prunifolii), 227 opium, 150 Powders, 175 Precipitated calcium carbonate, 46 calcium phosphate, 50 chalk (Calcii carbonas praecipitatus), 46 ferrous sulphate (Ferri sulphas granulatus), 94 manganese dioxide, 130 sulphur, 215 zinc carbonate, 229 Prepared cacao (Cacao praeparata), 44 calamine, 46 chalk, 75 suet, 197 Prickly ash bark (Xanthoxylum), 228 ash berries, 228 ash, fluidextract (Fluidextractum xanthoxyli), 228 Protochloride of iron solution (Liquor ferri protochloridi), 92 of iron syrup (Syrupus ferri protochloridi), 92 of mercury (Hydrargyri chloridum mite), 109 Protoiodide of mercury (Hydrargyri iodidum flavum), 110 Prune, 174 Prunus virginiana, 174 Prussic acid, diluted (Acidum hydrocyanicum dilutum), 9 Pulsatilla, 174 tincture, 175 Pulveres, 175
— from Epitome of the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary With Comments by William August Puckner

a Ball XXIV
Mr. Brent Throws a Ball XXIV.
— from The Lucky Seventh by Ralph Henry Barbour


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