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children and not uncommonly twenty or

11 Note 8 ( return ) [ Olaus Rudbeck asserts that the Swedish women often bear ten or twelve children, and not uncommonly twenty or thirty; but the authority of Rudbeck is much to be suspected.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

conduct as no unreasonable test of

Then, if we look to conduct as no unreasonable test of religion, we may, like all other professions, have blots.
— from Memoirs of John Abernethy With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published by George Macilwain

character and not unlike those of

The cabins of the population, which numbered [166] about six hundred, were of a permanent character and not unlike those of the poorer class of settlers in form.
— from Daniel Boone, Backwoodsman by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay

cut another notch upon the opposite

When this notch or kerf is cut to half or a little more than half of the diameter of the tree, cut another notch upon the opposite side of the tree at a point a few inches higher than the notch already cut; when this notch is cut far enough the tree will begin to tremble and crack to warn you to step to one side.
— from The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter Beard

cobia are not unlike those of

The habits of the cobia are not unlike those of the pike, or mascalonge, of fresh waters, in that it is solitary and lies in wait for its prey, and is almost as rapacious.
— from Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others by James A. (James Alexander) Henshall

coloured and not unlike those of

The eggs are cream coloured and not unlike those of the Wigeon, but they are slightly smaller.
— from Birds of Britain by J. Lewis (John Lewis) Bonhote

Chicago afternoon newspaper upon the occasion

A Chicago afternoon newspaper upon the occasion of the opening of a race track in an adjoining state presented in its issue its “Form of Today’s Races.”
— from Chicago, Satan's Sanctum by L. O. Curon

cross and not until the ordinance

They had to steal away, even unknown to their friends oftentimes, and scarcely daring to tell the saints themselves that they were about to take up the cross; and not until the ordinance had been administered, and the Holy Ghost gave them boldness, could they bring themselves to proclaim openly that they had cast in their lot with the despised Mormons.
— from The Women of Mormondom by Edward W. (Edward William) Tullidge

cherisht and nurst up to our

But above all I find myself concern'd for those that give us the most refin'd and polite discoveries of wit and Science, and have been cherisht and nurst up to our hands by the most knowing and ingenious of all Nations.
— from A Philosophicall Essay for the Reunion of the Languages Or, The Art of Knowing All by the Mastery of One by Pierre Besnier

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