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a joint or rather
657 Let us then assume that, among the intellectual gods, Helios and Zeus have a joint or rather a single sovereignty.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

a jug of rice
Another version says that Han Chung-li was in an inn, heating a jug of rice-wine.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

at Jericho or rather
Accordingly, Josephus says it was at Jericho, or rather in that fine country of palm-trees, upon, or near to, the same spot of ground on which Jericho had formerly stood, and on which it was rebuilt by Hiel, 1 Kings 16:31.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

a judgment of recognition
Of course, the words "this has existed before" are a very inadequate translation of what actually happens when we form a judgment of recognition, but that is unavoidable: words are framed to express a level of thought which is by no means primitive, and are quite incapable of expressing such an elementary occurrence as recognition.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

a jacket of raised
Hall described Henry VIII, on his way to the Tower previous to his coronation, as wearing "a jacket of raised gold, the placard embroidered with diamonds and other rich stones, and a great bauderike about his neck of large balasses.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

and judgest only right
that be from thee far, That far be from thee, Father, who art judge Of all things made, and judgest only right.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

a judgment of Rochefoucauld
" We are fortunately in possession of materials such as rarely exist to enable us to form a judgment of Rochefoucauld's character.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

a jut or run
Ysporthen, n. a basket, a pannier Ysporthi, v. to support Ysporthiant, n. sustenance Yspwng, n. light tuft; sponge Yspwysiad, n. impression Yspydd, n. a jut or run out Yspyddad, n. hawthron Yssig, a. shattered, bruised Yssigdod, n. contusion Yssigiad, n. a crushing, a bruising Yssigo, v. to bruise, to shatter, to crush; to quell Ystac, n. a heap, a stack Yspaciad, n. a stacking Ystacio, v. to pile, to heap Ystad, n. a state, a condition Ystadaeth, n. statistics Ystaen, n. stain; tin: a. stained Ystaeniad, n. a staining; a tinning Ystafell, n. a chamber, a room Ystafellog, a. having a room Ystafellu, v. to form a room Ystafellydd, n. a chamberlain Ystafellyddes, n. a chambermaid Ystagiad, n. a suffocation Ystagu, v. to suffocate, to choke Ystang, n. a perch in measure Ystalm, n. a good while Ystalu, v. to form a stock Ystalwyn, n. a stallion Ystanc, n. a holdfast, a bracket, a wooden book.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

a job or recommend
pa- v [A; a2] give a job or recommend s.o. for a job.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

any jury of river
The expression on the face of the man who, with his hands in his pockets, stands by the stern, smoking a cigar, is sufficient to excuse a breach of the peace by itself; and the lordly whistle for you to get out of the way would, I am confident, ensure a verdict of “justifiable homicide” from any jury of river men.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

a jug o rum
And I lay still for a time, and then found a jug o' rum.
— from The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

a jester or rather
Dr. William Yonge says that "he joined a common society of players: when, after venting his frothy inventions, he had a greater call to a higher promotion, namely, to be a jester, or rather a fool, in Shakespeare's Company of Players."
— from Cornish Characters and Strange Events by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

acquits Jews of ritual
, king of Poland (1733-1763), I 167 ratifies Jewish privileges, I 168, 180 appealed to by Jews of Posen, I 175 acquits Jews of ritual murder charge, I 176 grants safe conduct to Frankists, I 215 acts as God-father to Frank, I 218 Austria, Jews flee from, to Poland, I 66 Polish Jews export goods to, I 67 Polish Jews pass, on way to Palestine, I 209 shares in partitioning of Polish territory, I 186, 262, 274, 371 Frank stays in, I 220 Berek Yoselevich arrested in, I 297 wages war against duchy of Warsaw, I 303 forbids Jews to communicate with Paris, I 346 f represented at Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, I 398 f Jews of, forbidden to settle in Russia (1824), I 409 grants emancipation to Jews, II 30 imposes military duty on Jews, II 30 Jewish policy of, serves as model for Russia, II 46, 49 Israel of Ruzhin escapes to, II 121 Parliament of, meets in Kremsier, II 177 Jewish socialists expelled from, II 224 Russian-Jewish students in, II 351 Government of, supports plans of Baron Hirsch, II 416 anti-Semitism rampant in, III 42 Autocracy , upheld by Alexander III., II 246; by Nicholas II., III 8 re-establishment of, favored by Black Hundred, III 149 Autoemancipation , doctrine of, propounded by Leo Pinsker, II 330 ff contrasted with emancipation, II 331 Autonomism , national-cultural, doctrine of, propounded by Dubnow, III 41 , 51 ff [Pg 215] adopted as political platform, III 144 Autonomy , Jewish, in ancient Tauris, I 16 granted, or confirmed, by kings of Poland, I 52, 53, 62, 72 f, 83 f, 98, 104, 105 rise and development of, I 103 ff, 188 ff magna charta of (1551), I 105 ff curtailment of, advocated by Pole
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow

a jug o rare
They opened jars o' fancy pickles 'n' a jug o' rare old rum 'n' played Ned in general.
— from Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop by Anne Warner

and John of Royda
An imperial brief of June, 1330, addressed to the magistrates of Aix, directs them to assist and protect those teachers of the truth, the Franciscans Siegelbert of Landsberg and John of Royda, and to imprison all their brethren whom they may designate as rebels to the empire and to the Order until the general, Michele, shall decide what is to be done with them.
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume III by Henry Charles Lea

as justification of revolution
He suggested that, as justification of revolution, the Federal Government must be guilty of "a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise" of powers not granted by the Constitution, quoting from the text of the State-rights declaration by Virginia in 1798.
— from Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine

a just one rather
331 As regards the text from which this translation has been made, it is based upon that of Stein's critical edition (Berlin, 1869-1871), that is to say the estimate there made of the comparative value of the authorities has been on the whole accepted as a just one, rather than that which depreciates the value of the Medicean MS. and of the class to which it belongs.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

and Joanna of Rowley
He married, April 13, 1658, Elizabeth Jackson, a neighbor, daughter of William and Joanna, of Rowley, and sister to Mary, who married Wm.
— from A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials Illustrated by a Verbatim Report of the Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Howe by M. V. B. Perley

a jacket of red
He wore a jacket of red and green, with a girdle round the waist; his head was protected by a light helmet.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various


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