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also from I xxi
Q.E.D. Note.—Such are the doctrines which I had purposed to set forth concerning the mind, in so far as it is regarded without relation to the body; whence, as also from I. xxi.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

A Forest Idyl XXXVI
A Forest Idyl XXXVI.
— from The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss

ARE FRIENDS INDEED XXIV
A PLOT XIII THE "FLYING FISH" ON HER METTLE XIV THE EAGLES IN CAMP XV THE CHUMS IN PERIL XVI LOST IN THE STORM XVII ALMOST RUN DOWN XVIII JOE DIGBY MISSING XIX SAM REBELS XX THE HUNT FOR TENDERFOOT JOE XXI SAVED BY "SMOKE MORSE" XXII THE ESCAPE OF THE BULLY XXIII SCOUTS IN NEED ARE FRIENDS INDEED XXIV A MEETING IN THE FOG—CONCLUSION CHAPTER I SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL
— from The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by John Henry Goldfrap

and F I xiv
[43] The materials as furnished by Dyce, B. and F. , I, xiv-xv, from Birch's Mem. of Elizabeth , and the Bacon Papers in the Lambeth Library are confirmed by Cal.
— from Francis Beaumont: Dramatist A Portrait, with Some Account of His Circle, Elizabethan and Jacobean, And of His Association with John Fletcher by Charles Mills Gayley

A Friend Indeed XIX
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed XIX.
— from The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

as follows I X
The breeding index can then be calculated as follows: I = X m + X sd , where: I is the breeding index, X m is the modal variable, and X sd is the 83 per cent variable.
— from The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Richard F. Johnston

algebraical formulas in x
This is lightning, mere vulgar lightning, a simple result of electrical conditions in the upper atmosphere, inconveniently connected with algebraical formulas in x , y , z , with horrid symbols interspersed in Greek letters.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, January 1885 by Various

and Finland i xxi
Ilmarine or Ilmarinen, the Vulcan of Esthonia and Finland, i. xxi. , xxx. , 4 , 83 ; ii. 120 , 159 .
— from The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

are found in xxxviii
[Sidenote: The message of the book ] The reply to this appeal, and the author's contribution to the eternal problem of evil, are found in xxxviii.
— from The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Charles Foster Kent


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