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cool and knock em dead
“Belt it out real cool, and knock ’em dead.”
— from Peggy on the Road by Virginia Hughes

called Ain Kheir ed Dîn
There are two other springs near Hebron which deserve notice; one is east of the “Oak of Rest,” and is called ’Ain Kheir ed Dîn, “Spring of the chosen of the faith,” perhaps in connection with Abraham’s history.
— from Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure by C. R. (Claude Reignier) Conder

Charidemus and Kersobleptes except delay
But such a mission, without arms, obtained nothing from Charidemus and Kersobleptes, except delay or refusal; while Berisades and Amadokus sent to Athens bitter complaints respecting the breach of faith.
— from History of Greece, Volume 10 (of 12) by George Grote

Cruel a king equally despised
Don Pedro the Cruel, a king equally despised and detested, had been driven from Castile by the French allies of his brother Henry.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 06 (of 15), French by Charles Morris

cattle are killed each day
In the great slaughter house many hundred head of cattle are killed each day.
— from Birdseye Views of Far Lands by James T. (James Thomas) Nichols

Cox and Kenelm E Digby
Associated with Lord Bryce on the commission were Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir Edward Clarke, Sir Alfred Hopkinson, H. A. L. Fisher, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield; Harold Cox, and Kenelm E. Digby.
— from Horrors and Atrocities of the Great War Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania by Logan Marshall

Carrie and Kate Ely Dr
I recall some of those who took part: The Misses Carrie and Kate Ely, Dr. Lions, William Berkley, J. H. Haman, Miss Laura Weare, the Misses Coulter, Miss Earl, Miss Risley, Mrs. Dr. May, William Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Haman, Hall, Wood, Stibbs, and Carroll.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer


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