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and Callirhoe had their ecstatic reunion
[55] When Chaereas and Callirhoe had their ecstatic reunion on Aradus, “when they had had their fill of tears and story-telling, embracing each other, ‘they came gladly to the rites of their bed, as of old.’”
— from Essays on the Greek Romances by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

Ambassador Charles H TWINING embassy Rue
International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, C, CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UDEAC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jerome MENDOUGA chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 265-8790 through 8794 Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Charles H. TWINING embassy: Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde mailing address: B. P. 817, Yaounde; Pouch: American Embassy DOS, Washington, DC 20521-2520 telephone: [237] 23-40-14, 23-05-12 FAX:
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Ambassador Charles H TWINING embassy Rue
[1] (202) 265-8790 through 8794 Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Charles H. TWINING embassy: Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde mailing address : B. P. 817, Yaounde; Pouch American Embassy DOS, Washington, DC 20521-2520 telephone: [237] 23-40-14, 23-05-12 FAX:
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

after clearing his throat eagerly read
And he produced a typewritten manuscript which the Doctor, after clearing his throat, eagerly read as follows: “THE TREASURE OF ISRAEL.
— from The Great God Gold by William Le Queux

As caused his truthful elders real
And memory of both subject and big words, That he would take the book up afterwards And feign to "read aloud," with such success As caused his truthful elders real distress.
— from A Child-World by James Whitcomb Riley

and cunningly had the express robber
Local detectives were closeted with Mr. Damsel all day, but so shrewdly and cunningly had the express robber covered his tracks, that nothing but the bare description of the man could be used as a clew.
— from Jim Cummings; Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery by A. Frank Pinkerton

at Cold Harbor to enter Richmond
I think it was about the 12th of May when Grant began his march from Spottsylvania, and it was, I think, the 3rd of June when he made another attempt at Cold Harbor to enter Richmond by breaking through Lee's army, and another desperate battle was fought, but the losses were not so great as they were at the Wilderness or Spottsylvania.
— from From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy's View by Luther W. Hopkins


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