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borne until Richard Earl
These arms were borne by Condurus, the last Earl of Cornwall of British blood, in the time of William I., and were so borne until Richard, Earl of Cornwall, on being created Earl of Poictou, took the arms of such.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

bright uneasy restless eyes
Set aside, unnoticed, nervous, she looked at people with her bright, uneasy, restless eyes, the eyes of some terrified creature which can never shake off its fear.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

bring up rear educate
τέθραμμαι, to thicken; to nourish; to feed, support, cherish, provide for, Mat. 6.26; 25.37, et al.; to bring up, rear, educate, Lu. 4.16; to gorge, to pamper, Ja. 5.5.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

betrayed us replied Emily
'I fear he has already betrayed us!' replied Emily.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

but upon real evidence
Israel in the days of the judges, and Judah in the time of the reforming kings, was not divided the one half against the other, upon opposition and defence of the true religion, and the better part, after many experiences of the treachery and enmity of the most of the worst part, solemnly engaged to God not to admit them to employment and trust, but upon real evidence of repentance of which they should judge as in the sight of God.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Baptist University Rasmuson Elmer
Marie, Michigan Osborne, Hon. Lithgow (CFR) Osgood, William B. Otenasek, Dr. Mildred Otis, Courtlandt Owens, Lee E., Official, Owens Publications, California Owens, Lee E., Jr. Pack, Rev. John Paul Palmer, Charles Forrest, President, Palmer, Inc., Realtor, Atlanta; Official, National Planning Association; Member, Foreign Policy Association, American Society of Planning Officials Palmer, Miss Hazel, Past President, National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Palmer, Robert C. Parker, Haven Parker, Mrs. Kay Peterson Parran, Dr. Thomas, President, Avalon Foundation; Former Surgeon General, U.S.; Former Dean, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Parran, Mrs. Thomas Partch, Mrs. Wallace Pasqualicchio, Leonard H., President, National Council of American-Italian Friendship Patten, James G., President, National Farmers' Union; President, International Federation of Agricultural Producers; Trustee, National Planning Association Patty, Dr. Ernest N., President, University of Alaska Pavlo, Mrs. Hattie May Pearl, Stuart D. Peattie, Donald Culross, Author, Roving Editor, Reader's Digest Pell, Herbert Claiborne, Former Congressman from New York; Member, Advertising Council, Rhode Island Labor Department; Member, Advisory Council, Yenching University, Peiping, China Pell, Rev. Walden, II Perkins, Dr. John A., President, University of Delaware; Undersecretary of Health, Education & Welfare, 1957-58; Director, International City Managers Association; Member, Committee for Economic Development; Member National Planning Association Perkins, Ralph Phillips, Duncan, Director, Phillips Gallery, Washington, D. C. Phillips, Dr. Hubert Phillips, Dr. J. Donald, President, Hillsdale College, Michigan Phillips, William (CFR) Pillsbury, Philip W., Chairman of the Board, Pillsbury Mills, Inc. Pillsbury, Mrs. Philip W. Pines, Rabbi Jerome M. Pinkerton, Roy D., President & Editorial Director, John P. Scripps Newspapers Pond, Harold S. Pool, Rev. Dr. D. deSola (CFR) Popejoy, Dr. Tom L., President, University of New Mexico Porter, Paul A., Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Posner, Stanley I., Professor of Business Administration, American University, Washington, D. C. Prange, Charles H., President, Austenal, Inc. Price, Gwilym A., Chairman, Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Member, Business Advisory Council Prickett, William, Lawyer, Wilmington, Delaware Puffer, Dr. Claude E., Vice Chancellor, University of Buffalo; Member, Committee for Economic Development Qualls, J. Winfield Quay, Richard R. Quimby, Thomas H. E., Democratic National Committeeman for Michigan; Vice President, Perry Land Company Quinn, William Francis, Governor of Hawaii Raasch, John E., Chairman of Board, John Wanamaker Rabb, Maxwell M., Partner, Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, New York City; Secretary to the Cabinet of the U. S., 1953-58; Former Chairman, Government Division, United Jewish Appeal; Consultant, Secretary of the Navy, 1946; Administrative Assistant to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, 1937-43; Administrative Assistant to Senator Sinclair Weeks, 1944 Radley, Guy R. Raines, Bishop Richard C., Indiana Area, Methodist Church Rainey, Dr. Homer P., Former President, University of Texas, Stephens College, Bucknell University; Liberal-Loyalist Democratic Candidate for Governor of Texas, 1946 Raley, Dr. John Wesley, President, Oklahoma Baptist University Rasmuson, Elmer E., President, National Bank of Alaska Redd, Charles Reed, Alexander P., Chairman of the Board, Fidelity Trust Company, Pittsburgh Reed, Dr. R. Glenn, Jr. Reese, Dr. Curtis W., Editor, Unity ; Member, Council of Liberal Churches Reeves, Dr. George N. Remsen, Gerard T. Renne, Dr. Roland R., President, Montana State College Rettaliata, Dr. John T., President, Illinois Institute of Technology Reuther, Victor G., Administrative Assistant to the President, United Automobile Workers Reuther, Walter P., President, United Automobile Workers; President, CIO Division, AFL-CIO; Vice President, United World Federalists Rhodes, Dr. Peyton N., President, Southwestern University, Memphis Rhyne, Charles S., Past President, American Bar Association; Member, Executive Council, American Society for International Law Rice, Dr. Allan Lake Rice, Dr. Warner G., Chairman, Department of English, University of Michigan Roberts, David W. Roberts, Mrs. Owen J. Robertson, Andrew W. (CFR) Robertson, Walter S., Former Assistant Secretary of State for far Eastern Affairs; former delegate to U. N. Robinson, Claude W. Robinson, Miss Elizabeth Robinson, J. Ben Robinson, John Q. Robinson, Thomas L. (CFR) Roebling, Mrs. Mary G., President & Chairman of Board, Trenton Trust Company Rogers, Will, Jr., Newspaper Publisher, Former Congressman Rolph, Thomas W. Roosevelt, Nicholas (CFR) Roper, Elmo (CFR) Rose, Dr. Frank A., President, University of Alabama Rosenthal, Milton F., President, Hugo Stinnes Corp. Rostow, Dr. Eugene V. (CFR) Rowland, W. T. Rudick, Harry J., Partner, Lord, Day & Lord; Professor of Law New York University; Member, Committee for Economic Development, National Planning Association Rust, Ben Ruthenburg, Louis, Chairman of Board, Servel, Inc. Ryder, Melvin, Publisher, Editor, President, Army Times Publishing Company Sagendorph, Robb, Publisher, Old Farmer's Almanack Sandelius, Walter E. Sanders, Walter B., Chairman, Department of Architecture, University of Michigan Sanford, Arthur Sayman, Mrs. Thomas Sayre, Francis B., Assistant Secretary of State, 1933-39; U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1947-52; Professor of Law, Harvard University, 1917-34 Scherman, Harry (CFR) Schiff, Mrs. Dorothy, Publisher and owner, New York Post Schlesinger, Dr. Arthur, Jr. (CFR) Schmidt, Adolph W. (CFR) Schmidt, John F. Schmitt, Mrs. Ralph S. Schroeder, Walter, President, Christian Schroeder & Sons Inc., Milwaukee Schroth, Thomas N., Editor & Publisher, Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
— from The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot

before us replied Esora
And then the night will be before us, replied Esora.
— from The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story by George Moore

but until recently every
Various schemes, with a view to make the service more popular, have been suggested, both here and in India; but, until recently, every proposition which has been made has been found, from one cause or other, to be impracticable.
— from Rambles on Railways by Roney, Cusack P., Sir

based upon real estate
The privileges above enumerated are the birthright of the French noblesse, as of every patrician efflorescence ever formed on the surface of a nation; and will continue to be theirs so long as their existence is based upon real estate, or money; domaine-sol and domaine-argent alike, the only solid bases of an organized society; but such privileges are held upon the understanding that the patricians must continue to justify their existence.
— from The Thirteen by Honoré de Balzac

been utterly routed everywhere
So fiercely had the people fought that the troops sent out to quell the rising had been utterly routed everywhere, while many of the regiments had turned in our favour and had actually held several of the barricades, winning brilliant victories.
— from The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and Treason by William Le Queux


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