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Confederate authorities by residents of New
By the proclamation of General Butler, made immediately upon the capture of the city, all intercourse with the Confederate authorities by residents of New Orleans was interdicted.
— from Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 by George S. (George Sewall) Boutwell

cry arose Both regiments or none
Then the cry arose, "Both regiments or none!"
— from The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 by Various

character and bold relief of Northern
It is true it wants the aspiring character and bold relief of Northern façades; but these do not belong to the style, and it must suffice if we meet in this style with a moderate amount of variety, undisturbed by any very prominent instances of bad taste.
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

collected at Baton Rouge on November
Two of the specimens are males collected at Baton Rouge on November 23 and December 21, 1943 (Burleigh), and the other is a male shot at the same place on January 23, 1944 (Burdick).
— from Additions to the List of the Birds of Louisiana by Lowery, George H., Jr.

Charks and beastly rags of newspapers
And all the Charks and beastly rags of newspapers in London shan’t convince me to the contrary.”
— from Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels by Bryce, Charles, Mrs.

coryza accompanied by rheumatic or neuralgic
Cimicifuga: in coryza accompanied by rheumatic or neuralgic pains in head and face.
— from Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica by Merck & Co.

characters are but rarely or never
Even if it has been frequently to some extent interrupted, all the facts of heredity could be equally well comprised under such theories—and this even if it be supposed that acquired characters are but rarely, or never, transmitted to progeny.
— from An Examination of Weismannism by George John Romanes


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