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and exceeding store Of Persian silks
Thine argosy from Alexandria, Know, Barabas, doth ride in Malta-road, Laden with riches, and exceeding store Of Persian silks, of gold, and orient pearl.
— from The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe

as exogamous septs of Padma Sālē
Thēlu (scorpion).—Thēlu and Thēla are recorded as exogamous septs of Padma Sālē and Mādiga.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

and either smote other passing sore
So they hurtled together as thunder, and either smote other passing sore, but Sir Dinadan put him through the shoulder a grievous wound, and or ever Sir Dinadan might turn him Sir Breuse was gone and fled.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

ARIANTS Estoy seguro or plenamente seguro
V ARIANTS : Estoy seguro (or plenamente seguro ); tengo entera confianza en ; espero mucho de.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

all either sang or played some
He was also frequently invited by the Privy Councillor and Imperial Knight von Kerpen, whose seven sons and two daughters all either sang or played some instrument.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

an educational system of public schools
We have an educational system of public schools which for intellectual culture is a just matter of pride to any country.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

an excellent state of preservation so
All the specimens, as already stated, were dry, but in an excellent state of preservation, so that after having been soaked in spirits, they could be minutely examined.
— from A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) The Lepadidae; Or, Pedunculated Cirripedes by Charles Darwin

an elaborate set of posthypnotic suggestions
Unless an elaborate set of posthypnotic suggestions are worked out, it is an impossible test for self-hypnosis.
— from A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers

and every sign of poison she
She is like to die; convulsions and every sign of poison she has, but what it is, what to do, no one knows.
— from A Pilgrim Maid: A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Marion Ames Taggart


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