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converted by Edwin xxv
Earpwald, King of East Anglia, [pg 411] son of Redwald, xxv , 171 ; converted by Edwin, xxv , 120 , 121 ; slain by Ricbert, 121 .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Chimney Bradford England XXXV
The Great Chimney, Bradford, England XXXV The Great Stack, Sheffield, England XXXVI Thames Works, London XXXVII Schneider's Works at Creusot, France XXXVIII Old and New Mills, Valenciennes, France XXXIX The Lake of Fire, Charleroi, Belgium XL The Great Dump, Charleroi, Belgium XLI The Iron Gate, Charleroi, Belgium XLII Cranes, Duisburg, Germany XLIII New Rhine, Germany XLIV Building the Railroad Station, Leipzig, Germany XLV Building the Bridge at Cologne, Germany XLVI Building the "Bismarck," Hamburg, Germany XLVII The Hut of the Cape of Good Hope, Oberhausen, Germany XLVIII Shipyard, Hamburg, Germany XLIX Krupp's Works, Essen, Germany L Power-house, Berlin, Germany LI Schnapps at Schiedaam, Holland LII chapter I BUILDING THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
— from Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Wonder of Work Reproductions of a Series of Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, Made by Him about the World, 1881-1915, with Impressions and Notes by the Artist by Joseph Pennell

cured by electricity xxx
—— cured by electricity, xxx.
— from Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I by Erasmus Darwin

CARLO BARONI EXPLAINS XXVIII
THE REAPING XXVII CARLO BARONI EXPLAINS XXVIII THE AWAKENING XXIX SACRIFICE THE HAVEN OF MEMORY Do you remember Our great love's pure unfolding, The troth you gave, And prayed for God's upholding, Long and long ago?
— from The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler

called by Ezekiel xxx
This was the last town of Egypt on the side of Asia, and from its strength (for which reason it is called by Ezekiel, xxx.
— from Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Volume 1 (of 2) A picture of Judaism, in the century which preceded the advent of our Savior. by Friedrich Strauss

CORPORATE BODIES ESSAY XII
ON CORPORATE BODIES ESSAY XII.
— from Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt

Chalmers British Essayists xxiii
Impiety shrinks beneath his rebuke; the atheist trembles and repents; the dying sinner catches a gleam of revealed hope; and all acknowledge the just dispensations of eternal Wisdom[9]." FOOTNOTES: [1] For the general history of the Adventurer, the reader may be referred to Chalmers' British Essayists, xxiii, Dr. Drake's Essays on Rambler, Adventurer, &c. ii, and Boswell's Journal, 3rd edit.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson

caused by England XVII
On American losses in Rebellion, caused by England, XVII.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

caused by England XVII
Extent of losses of, caused by England, XVII.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

conteyning by estimacon xj
[14] After specifying the site of the priory, the Act proceeds—“and all other the demayne londes of the sayde late Pryory lyeing and beying in Kylborne aforesayde, Hamstede, Padyngton, and Westborn , in the sayde countie;” “the hedge rowes rounde aboute Gorefeld and Goremede” are stated as “conteyning, by estimacon, xj acres and a half acre, and xx ti rodes,” &
— from The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge with Notices of its Immediate Neighbourhood by Henry George Davis


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