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a good effectual XLIII
It is but an ordinary coarse one, yet it is a good effectual XLIII.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

a great extent XIII
greatly, much, IX 101, 300, XI b 107, 183, &c.; to a great extent, XIII
— from A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose by J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien

AND GOD Exodus xx
3, 4) THE IDEAL STATESMAN (Exodus xviii. 21) THE DECALOGUE:—I. MAN AND GOD (Exodus xx.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

a good end XXIV
Of ill means employed to a good end. XXIV.
— from Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne

a genius etc X
"Gustav Sjöholm is a genius, etc. ( X-köpings Miscellaneous )."
— from The Red Room by August Strindberg

and Gelasius Ep xiii
[47] Photius, i. 128, who quotes Avitus, 3rd letter, and Ennodius, and Gelasius, Ep. xiii.
— from The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

a great earthquake xxviii
Matthew: “There was a great earthquake” ( xxviii, 2 ).
— from The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence by John E. (John Eleazer) Remsburg


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