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come a day of reckoning even
[27] [Sir Samuel Romilly, born 1757, lost his wife on the 29th of October, and committed suicide on the 2nd of November, 1818.—"But there will come a day of reckoning, even if I should not live to see it.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

civility and declarations of real esteem
But your good sense wil very eezily distinguish between expressions of mere civility and declarations of real esteem.
— from A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings On Moral, Historical, Political, and Literary Subjects by Noah Webster

come a day of reckoning even
But there will come a day of reckoning, even if I should not live to see it.
— from Lady Byron Vindicated: A History of the Byron Controversy by Harriet Beecher Stowe

conviction and death of Robert Emmet
[487] Before and after the conviction and death of Robert Emmet, the initials 'L. M.' peep from the 'Secret Service Money Book.'
— from Secret Service Under Pitt by William J. (William John) Fitz-Patrick

contracts and deeds of real estate
As a pre-requisite for record it is generally required that contracts and deeds of real estate shall be acknowledged before a notary public or other official authorized by law.
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill

cups and dishes of red earthenware
In 1576, when digging for clay near where Christ Church, Spitalfields, now stands, a great number of cinerary urns were found, containing burnt human remains, and in each a piece of coin, wherewith to pay Charon for ferrying the defunct [79] across the Styx; also, as Stow says, "divers vials and other old-fashioned glasses most cunningly wrought, such as I have not seen the like of, all which had water in them, differing from spring water" ( lachrymatories ), "cups and dishes of red earthenware and three or four images of white earth, about a span long, one of Pallas."
— from Bygone London by Frederick Ross

completed and dried out rung exactly
"These conduits, when completed and dried out, rung exactly like a 60-in.
— from Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette


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