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courtier attending upon Frederick CHARLES
DUKE, living in exile FREDERICK, his brother, and usurper of his dominions AMIENS, lord attending on the banished Duke JAQUES, " " " " " " LE BEAU, a courtier attending upon Frederick CHARLES, wrestler to Frederick OLIVER, son of Sir Rowland de Boys JAQUES, " " " " " " ORLANDO, " " " " " " ADAM, servant to Oliver DENNIS, " " " TOUCHSTONE, the court jester SIR OLIVER MARTEXT, a vicar CORIN, shepherd SILVIUS, " WILLIAM, a country fellow, in love with Audrey A person representing HYMEN ROSALIND, daughter to the banished Duke CELIA, daughter to Frederick PHEBE, a shepherdes AUDREY, a country wench Lords, Pages, Foresters, and Attendants SCENE: OLIVER'S house; FREDERICK'S court; and the Forest of Arden ACT I. SCENE I. Orchard of OLIVER'S house Enter ORLANDO and ADAM ORLANDO.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

crossed an uninhabited forest chanced
But Hother, when he had wandered through remotest byways and crossed an uninhabited forest, chanced to come upon a cave where dwelt some maidens whom he knew not; but they proved to be the same who had once given him the invulnerable coat.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

centre about us feuds cuts
You are fighting with an army all looting and undisciplined, frantic with the private jealousies that centre about us , feuds, cuts, expulsions, revenges, and you are giving out orders for an army of saints.
— from The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

clays and used for cotton
The most original and beneficial researches and discoveries in the American Negro field of chemistry have been made by Prof. G. E. Carver, Director of Agricultural Research in Chemistry at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Chief among his {166} twenty and more discovered chemical products that are today being used as practical farm and household necessites are as follows: dressing for canvass shoes, made from Macon County clays; dyes made from dandelion, black oak, wood ashes, sweet gum, willow, swamp-maple, sweet potatoes, pomegranate, peanuts, sage, orange, muscatine grape, onions, velvet beans and tomato vines; cotton-stalk fibre for rope, cordage, mats and carpets; furniture stains made from native clays and vegetables; feathers for millinery purposes, secured from native wild and barn-yard fowls; laundry blues, 20 varieties; okra fibre for paper, rope, cordage, strawboard, matting and carpet; poplar bark for artificial ribbon; Tonic stock feed, made of snap corn, velvet beans, cotton-seed meal, and china berries, containing protein, 14.5 per cent., fats, 4.5;, crude fibre 12, and carbohydrates 52; Ultramarine Dyes, made from Macon County clays and used for cotton, wool, silk, and leather; White and Color Washes, made from clays; Wistaria for basketry work.
— from Colored girls and boys' inspiring United States history and a heart to heart talk about white folks by William Henry Harrison

Carriages are used for conveying
Carriages are used for conveying passengers, but freight is usually moved on the backs of horses, camels, donkeys, or men.
— from A Trip Abroad An Account of a Journey to the Earthly Canaan and the Land of the Ancient Pharaohs; To Which Are Appended a Brief Consideration of the Geography and History of Palestine, and a Chapter on Churches of Christ in Great Britain by Don Carlos Janes

condemned as unfit for consumption
The oysters from the famous beds in the Saint Mary's River off of the lower Potomac are mainly condemned as unfit for consumption because of local sewage pollution, and these beds are not the only unfit ones, for towns and resorts in the region have been growing and sanitary facilities have not been keeping pace.
— from The Nation's River: A report on the Potomac From the U.S. Department of the Interior by United States. Department of the Interior

climate and under favorable conditions
The trees must be humored in soil and climate, and under favorable conditions make but moderate growth as young plants.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

constant ankle utmost failure current
[Pg 60] alter chapel desired tanning reset closet domestic weighed gross seldom prepaid hurried trial parent furnace minister knows refund dentist supplied limit cement entitle division idle custom popular conclude towel poetry average preacher human apiece settled visitors amply hereby bedroom complain berry seller entered constant ankle utmost failure current ruin approve healthy rendered abroad boarder sixteen director manner brokers expects shopping retire harmony sweater produced tickle sleeper leading creamery govern justice ironing exciting potato observe wearing blooming garage outlook receive cherries Standard Number of Errors V.
— from Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller For Grades One to Eight by Ernest J. (Ernest James) Ashbaugh

Catching a United Fruit Company
235 CHAPTER XXIV Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
— from Hearts of Three by Jack London

courtier attending upon Frederick CHARLES
DUKE, living in exile FREDERICK, his brother, and usurper of his dominions AMIENS, lord attending on the banished Duke JAQUES, " " " " " " LE BEAU, a courtier attending upon Frederick CHARLES, wrestler to Frederick OLIVER, son of Sir Rowland de Boys JAQUES, " " " " " " ORLANDO, " " " " " " ADAM, servant to Oliver DENNIS, " " " TOUCHSTONE, the court jester SIR OLIVER MARTEXT, a vicar CORIN, shepherd SILVIUS, " WILLIAM, a country fellow, in love with Audrey A person representing HYMEN ROSALIND, daughter to the banished Duke CELIA, daughter to Frederick PHEBE, a shepherdess AUDREY, a country wench Lords, Pages, Foresters, and Attendants <— from As You Like It by William Shakespeare

common and usual for certain
Doubtless certain punishments were common and usual for certain offences; but I do not think it can be shown that the common law , the lex terræ , which the king was sworn to maintain, required any one specific punishment, or any precise amount of punishment, for any one specific offence.
— from An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner

cases an uncomfortable feeling company
[Pg 118] It was a ferocious looking and, in at least two cases, an uncomfortable feeling company that filed down the stairs and into the dining-room, led by Dickey, who was obliged to enter the door sideways, because his arms stuck out so straight as to prevent his moving through any aperture less than five feet wide in any other way.
— from Left Behind; Or, Ten Days a Newsboy by James Otis


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