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Christum dass Er der wahre
, Tübingen, 1710; "Klare Beweisthümer über Jesum Christum, dass Er der wahre Messias und Sohn Gottes ist, aus dem Alten Testamente, der Rabbinen und Kabbalisten Schriften, nachgewiesen mit einem Anhang, was für einen Messias die Juden erwarten," Dresden, 1715; "Eine Widerlegung der Einwürfe der Juden gegen die Geschlechtsregister Christi, besonders wider die Schrift Chizzuk Emunah gerichtet," Hamburg, 1718.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

corrected declared Emma Dean who
“Much as I regret tearing myself away from this representative company of beauty and brains, I have themes that cry out to be corrected,” declared Emma Dean, who had been listening in interested silence to the plans for the coming revue.
— from Grace Harlowe's Problem by Josephine Chase

could do Emlyn did without
Waiting women could not indulge in much finery, but whatever breast knots and tiny curls beyond her little tight cap could do, Emlyn did without fear of rebuke.
— from Under the Storm by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Captain Doctor Eric Dournay who
Let each one of you, within a week, write out his opinion, and render in his verdict; then let the paper be given into the hands of Herr Captain Doctor Eric Dournay, who will break the seal in the presence of two other persons.
— from Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach

certain Dame Eleanor Disney who
There was a certain Dame Eleanor Disney, who, to do honour to this strange kind of king, came, splendidly dressed, with her husband, Sir Henry, to one of the receptions.
— from The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland: London to York by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

couple Dave en Dilsey wuz
Dey wuz a fine-lookin' couple, Dave en Dilsey wuz, bofe tall, en well-shape', en soopl'.
— from The Conjure Woman by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

could do enough damage with
If this vigilance should be relaxed for an hour, one of their enemies could do enough damage with a single stick of dynamite to embarrass the troops very seriously, perhaps cause a wreckage that would take a hundred men a day to repair, even if it were merely on the ordinary line; but if they should get at a bridge the damage could not be repaired in a week.
— from Blue Shirt and Khaki: A Comparison by James F. J. (Francis Jewell) Archibald

curtains drawn every draught warded
There were certain points, indeed, in which they were defective, a want of air, something which occasionally caught at his respiration, and gave him a sort of choked and stifled sensation; but that was natural enough, so carefully closed as everything was, curtains drawn, every draught warded off.
— from The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

China drink ever drink wine
In philosophy, if you are an Aristotle or a Bouzourdj-mehr; in power, if you are some Roman emperor or some potentate of China, drink ever, drink wine from the cup of Djem, for the end of all is the tomb.
— from The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

could distinguish each detail with
Their eyes looked on the same scene as mine did, and could distinguish each detail with even greater accuracy.
— from Kashmir, described by Sir Francis Younghusband, painted by Major E. Molyneux by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir


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