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cniht cnyll m sound
cnyht = cniht cnyll m. sound or signal of a bell , RB, WW .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Come come Mr Syme
Come, come, Mr. Syme!
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

curious correspondent M stood
According to the Key to the initials and blanks in some of the essays, which Lamb filled in for a curious correspondent, M—— stood for one Maynard.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

count cried Maximilian seizing
“Oh, no, no, count,” cried Maximilian, seizing the count’s hands, “pray laugh; be happy, and prove to me, by your indifference, that life is endurable to sufferers.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

coarse crass muddy spirit
Matter is gross, coarse, crass, muddy; spirit is pure, elevated, noble; and since it is more consonant with the dignity of the universe to give the primacy in it to what appears superior, spirit must be affirmed as the ruling principle.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

Coavinses cried Mr Skimpole
"Oh! Coavinses?" cried Mr. Skimpole, at length perceiving what he meant.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Cash Clay made speeches
I went frequently to these meetings, May after May—learn'd much from them—was sure to be on hand when J. P. Hale or Cash Clay made speeches.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Canonici Carmen miserabile seu
c. 74, p. 150) in the 1st volume of the Scriptores Rerum Hungaricarum, did not the same volume contain the original narrative of a contemporary, an eye-witness, and a sufferer, (M. Rogerii, Hungari, Varadiensis Capituli Canonici, Carmen miserabile, seu Historia super Destructione Regni Hungariæ Temporibus Belæ IV.
— 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

C2 C3 marewe S2
Morwe , sb. morrow, the morning, PP, S2, C2, C3; marewe , S2; morow , S3.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Chevalier cried Madame shrilly
“He has brutally assaulted the Chevalier,” cried Madame shrilly, her eyes malevolently set upon me.
— from Bardelys the Magnificent Being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... by Rafael Sabatini

cruisers could mount screen
Capital ships and a few of the heaviest cruisers could mount screen generators able to carry that frightful load; but every smaller ship caught in that semi-solid rod of indescribably incandescent fury simply flared into nothingness.
— from First Lensman by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

came Colonel Maclean shaking
Then in came Colonel Maclean, shaking off the snow and blustering at the cold, and accompanied by two officers, one of whom said, hastening to the fireplace:
— from The Road to Paris: A Story of Adventure by Robert Neilson Stephens

can conceal my shame
And now, my dear parent, I can conceal my shame no longer!
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

cold cloudy moderately severe
Papua New Guinea tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation Paracel Islands tropical Paraguay subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west Peru varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes Philippines tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October) Pitcairn Islands tropical; hot and humid; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (November to March) Poland temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

clothing cattle money signets
Property of all sorts was pledged for value received; household furniture, clothing, cattle, money, signets, personal ornaments, &c., but no servants.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

C Clark Missoula Secretary
President--Mrs. O. C. Clark, Missoula. Secretary--Mrs. W. S. Bell, 410 Dearborn Ave., Helena. Treasurer--Mrs. Herbert E. Jones, Livingston.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 06, June, 1896 by Various


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