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Alvarez de Nobrega Xavier

Among the latest Portuguese poets of eminence, may be numbered Manoel de Barbosa du Boccage, Francisco Bias Gomez, Francisco Cardoso, Alvarez de Nobrega, Xavier de Matos, Valladares, and Nicolao Tolentino de Almeida.
— from History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2) by Friedrich Bouterwek

Aus der Natur xxii

See an article in Aus der Natur, xxii, p. 813.]
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

about defeat Num xiv

Its presence in the battlefield ensures victory, while its absence brings about defeat (Num. xiv.
— from The Evolution of Old Testament Religion by W. E. (William Edwin) Orchard

and Doing Nothing xi

The names of several will give some notion of their general character— The Babbling Barber ; Always Busy and Doing Nothing ; [xi]
— from Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. by Ludvig Holberg

a dream Num xii

The Lord is said to have declared through Moses, "If there be a prophet among you I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream" (Num. xii. 6).
— from Bible Studies: Essays on Phallic Worship and Other Curious Rites and Customs by J. M. (Joseph Mazzini) Wheeler

and Dibhlathaim Num xxxiii

22, and Dibhlathaim , Num. xxxiii.
— from Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

Aus der Natur xxii

See an article in Aus der Natur , xxii, p. 813.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

a day No xx

and ‘As it fell upon a day’ (No. xx.)—were borrowed from Barnfield’s Poems in divers Humours (1598).
— from A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

A Dangerous Neighborhood XII

A Dangerous Neighborhood XII.
— from The Noank's Log: A Privateer of the Revolution by William O. Stoddard

and dance near x

146 Simla, annual fair and dance near, x. 12 Simplification, danger of excessive simplification in science, i. 332 sq. Simpson, W., as to Emperors of China, iii. 125 n. 3 Simurgh and Rustem, in Firdusi's Epic of Kings , x. 104 Sin regarded as something material, iii. 214, 216, 217 sq. ; transferred to things, ix.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

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