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civil and religious liberties of the sister
The history of the treaty and acts of legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland, and of the motives which conduced to the formation of the conspiracy against the independence of an entire nation; of the plots formed in the fertile brain of Mr. Pitt against the civil and religious liberties of the sister kingdom, and but too successfully carried out by Castlereagh, Cooke, and other officials in Dublin, has never been sufficiently studied, even in this country, where every measure affecting the freedom of mankind, in what part of Christendom soever, possesses peculiar interest.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various

casts a red light on the scene
Open fireplace down R. in which the fire burns, and casts a red light on the scene.
— from Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg

catalogue and reference list of the stamped
*2230a.2 Complete catalogue and reference list of the stamped envelopes, wrappers, and letter sheets regularly issued by the United States.
— from Catalogue of books on philately in the Public Library of the city of Boston by Boston Public Library

catalogue and reference list of the stamped
J. M. Bartels' second complete catalogue and reference list of the stamped envelopes, wrappers, letter sheets and postal cards, regularly issued by the United States.
— from Catalogue of books on philately in the Public Library of the city of Boston by Boston Public Library

casting a ruddy light on the slimy
Then it came nearer and nearer, casting a ruddy light on the slimy walls of the passage, until the boys could see plainly the tall bearded man who carried it.
— from Canoe Boys and Campfires; Or, Adventures on Winding Waters by William Murray Graydon

Collection a remarkable letter on this subject
There is, in the Mackintosh Collection, a remarkable letter on this subject from Ronquillo, dated March 26./April 5. 1686 See Venier, Relatione di Francia, 1689, quoted by Professor Ranke in his Romische Papste, book viii.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron


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