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and Palestine Peninsula of Sinai Edom

15 s. HAND-BOOK—HOLY LAND— Syria and Palestine , Peninsula of Sinai, Edom, and Syrian Desert.
— from On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 2 (of 2) by Mary Somerville

a permanent possibility of sensations explain

Now, does a belief in "a permanent possibility of sensations" explain all these experiences?
— from Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

at popular prices on Saturday evenings

After pondering the matter for a space, Mr. Hammerstein substituted opera at popular prices on Saturday evenings for the opéra bouffe, with a result of which we are not in a position to speak.
— from Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Henry Edward Krehbiel

As previously pointed out see Example

As previously pointed out ( see Example on page 140 ), the term x 4 may be ignored for the range of high temperatures measured by a radiation pyrometer, hence E 1 = K T 1 4 , and E 2 = KT 2 4 ; and therefore E 1 / E 2 = T 1 4 / T 2 4 .
— from Pyrometry: A Practical Treatise on the Measurement of High Temperatures by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Darling

a process partly of simple evolution

Growth, therefore, was, on this hypothesis, a process partly of simple evolution, and partly of what has been termed "syngenesis.
— from Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Thomas Henry Huxley

and pencil postcards or stamped envelopes

Articles which, though not necessary, are altogether to be desired : Second outer shirt; second pair of walking shoes, particularly if the tour be a long one; sweater; pair of flannel trousers, light socks and shoes (gymnasium slippers are good), and necktie for evening wear; medicaments; notebook and pencil; postcards or stamped envelopes; a book to read.
— from Going Afoot: A book on walking. by Bayard Henderson Christy

a proverbial phrase of sufficient emphasis

Confounding things that differ, many think that 'gamon' in the game has the same meaning, and therefore they say—'he saved his gamon or bacon,' which is absurd, although it is a proverbial phrase of sufficient emphasis.
— from The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2) by Andrew Steinmetz

a particular plan of spiritual exercises

He instituted a particular plan of spiritual exercises for those that are about to receive holy orders; and others for those who desire to make general confessions, or to deliberate upon the choice of a state of life.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Vol. 7. July by Alban Butler

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