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au XVII e
» Quelle opinion Molière avait-il de la profession de médecin?--Y avait-il en effet beaucoup de charlatanisme au XVII e
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

anchor XIX Edna
H2 anchor XIX Edna could not help but think that it was very foolish, very childish, to have stamped upon her wedding ring and smashed the crystal vase upon the tiles.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

and Xantus exclaimed
When the tongues first appeared at table, the guests praised the choice of this dish, but when it appeared in constant succession, they became disgusted with it; and Xantus exclaimed, "Did I not bid you buy whatever was best in the market?"
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

au xii e
au xii e siècle, avec la monarchie fondée en Asie par les Arsacides trois siècles avant notre ère, partout on verra des institutions et des usages pareils.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

anchor XXVIII Edna
H2 anchor XXVIII Edna cried a little that night after Arobin left her.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

anchor XXXVII Edna
H2 anchor XXXVII Edna looked in at the drug store.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

and XINHUA English
For example: Africa News, Agence France-Presse International News, Applied Genetics News, Asian Economic News, Asian Political News, Business Travel News, Catholic News Service, CD Computing News, Computer Reseller News, Electronic Materials Technology News, Electronic Trade & Transport News, Electronic World News, High Tech Ceramics News, Inter Press Service International News, International Businessman News Report, News From France, Northern Ireland News Service, Online Product News, Sourcemex — economic news on Mexico, and XINHUA English language news service (China).
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

at xv e
And this being understood not only of the red and violet, but of all the other intermediate Colours, and also of every revolution of those Colours, you will easily perceive how those of the same revolution or order, by their nearness at xv and Υξ, and their coincidence at xv, e and f , ought to constitute pretty distinct Arcs of Circles, especially at xv, or at e and f ; and that they will appear severally at x υ
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

a Xaverto et
a Xaverto et socus.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

and xvii earnest
Again, he describes, in a very interesting and xvii earnest manner, the characteristics of his own period (Translation, pp. 82-86).
— from On the Sublime by active 1st century Longinus

as Xenophon expresses
He did not any longer need a Sacian to restrain him, but became, as Xenophon expresses it, a Sacian to himself, taking great care not to go into his grandfather's apartments without previously ascertaining that the king was disengaged; so that he and the Sacian now became very great friends.
— from Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

au XIV e
[9] A. Doren, Entwicklung und Organisation der Florentiner Zünfte ; G. Renard, La Révolution sociale au XIV e siècle .
— from Guilds in the Middle Ages by Georges François Renard

au XV e
= Annales de la typographie néerlandaise au XV e siecle.
— from Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 by Geo. A. (George Arthur) Stephen

au XV e
[282] Congrès Archéologique , 1899, p. 68; A. Kleinclausz, Dijon et Beaune (Collection, Villes d’art célèbres), (Paris, H. Laurens); Alphonse Germain, Les Néerlandais en Bourgogne (Bruxelles, 1909); Arsène Périer, Un chancelier au XV e siècle, Nicolas Rolin (Paris, Plon, 1904); H. Chabeuf, in Revue de l’art chrétien , 1900, p.
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

anchor XIV ENDEAVOURS
Give me the trenches!” H2 anchor XIV ENDEAVOURS TO INTERN A GERMAN Aglow with satisfaction at what he had been able to do for the wounded soldiers, Mr. Lavender sat down in his study to drink the tea which he found there.
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

Ahau X Eb
Eb I Ik IV Eb XII Ahau X Eb IX
— from Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden by Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann

anchor XIV Edith
H2 anchor XIV Edith had made no appeal to Jack to come home.
— from The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner

an x entity
Or is life, as a New England college professor claims, "an x -entity, additional to matter and energy, but of the same cosmic rank as they," and "manifesting itself to our senses only through its power to keep a certain quantity of matter and energy in the continuous orderly ferment we call life"?
— from The Breath of Life by John Burroughs

at xxxiii Excommunication
2 Bryce's estimate of, lx Chamberlain, views on, 170 Congress of Munich, plea at, xxxiii Excommunication of, xlix Gladstone's visit to, li Liddon, views on, 182 , 191 Otherwise mentioned, xliii , 57 , 80 , 192 Donne, 131 Drew, Mrs., viii , lxiii Dufaure, 2 Duff, Sir M. Grant, ix , xxxiv , xxxvii note ; Spectator article by, lxxi Dufferin, Marquis of, 153 and note , 195 Duffy, Sir C. G., 112 and note [ 150 ] Dupanloup, xliv , xlix Durham, Bishop of (Westcott), 70 , 203 Ecclesiastical Titles Act, li Economist , 24 , 29 Ecuador, 74 Edinburgh Review , 5 , 50 , 65 note [ 73 ] Egypt— Alexandria, bombardment of, and complications, 156-159 Evacuation of, views on, 169 , 179 , 188-189 Northbrook's mission to, 190 and note Eliot, George— Death of, 57 Dickens on "Scenes from Clerical Life,"
— from Letters of Lord Acton to Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

at x equal
It is true, that the force by which these floats approach the centre of motion varies according to the obliquity of the spindles on which they work, it being greatest in the perpendicular position; but, as the obliquity of these spindles is the same at all equal distances from the perpendicular, and as the resistance of the ascent of the floats is equal in all cases, the center of buoyancy will evidently describe a similar curve on each side of the perpendicular; and consequently the equilibrium will be preserved, so as to leave a constant moving force at x , equal to the whole accumulation of water in the sponge.
— from Perpetual Motion by Percy Verance


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