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by r upon x
"That means," answered Nicholl, "that the half of v minus v zero square equals gr multiplied by r upon x minus 1 plus m prime upon m multiplied by r upon d minus x , minus r upon d minus x minus r —" " X upon y galloping upon z and rearing upon p " cried Michel Ardan, bursting out laughing.
— from The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne

but rarely united xiv
It deals with the brighter side; the hero and heroine in the folk-tale marry and live happily ever after; in the popular ballad they are but rarely united xiv save in death.
— from Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa

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