Conventiculum (convenio) like conciliabulum, means both the place of assembly and the assembly itself.
— from Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1 by Pearl Hogrefe
Columbus contains largest cotton mill in the South; pop., 10,123.
— from Alden's Handy Atlas of the World Including One Hundred and Thirty-eight Colored Maps, Diagrams, Tables, Etc. by John B. (John Berry) Alden
Each CHEMCRAFT outfit is a complete chemical laboratory containing many harmless chemicals, all needed apparatus, and a Manual of Instruction giving accurate information on the subject.
— from Common Science by Carleton Washburne
suspendue ou si elle n’a manqué son effet que par des circonstances indépendantes de la volonté de son auteur, est considérée comme le crime même.”
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck
[Pg 201] CHAPTER XXIII Historical Sketch of Cornell College BY WILLIAM HARMON NORTON, ALUMNI PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY, CORNELL COLLEGE Linn county may well take pride in the history of her oldest school of higher education, founded in 1853, when the county held but 6,000 people.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer
Ce n'est pas que je ne reconnoisse un grand fond de vérité dans le tableau de Lausanne; je connois le lieu de la scène, je me transporte en idée sur notre terrasse, je vois ces côteaux, ce lac, ces montagnes, ouvrage favoris de la nature, et je conçois sans peine les embellissemens que votre goût s'est plu y ajouter.
— from Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) by Edward Gibbon
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