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communely is done emonge euery
Peraduenture these thynges will seme vnto some men to wondreful: but he wil wondre asmoche yf he considre what communely is done emonge euery of the Egiptians in the funeralle of their deade.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Richard Hakluyt

contention is disproved easily enough
Some people maintain that this empire is gained solely by physical attraction; but this contention is disproved easily enough.
— from The Curse of Education by Harold Edward Gorst

column is Dr Edward Elmer
Another author who would repeat A. Merritt's action on your subscription column is Dr. Edward Elmer Smith.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various

corpse its dead eyes entirely
The creature's face was white with the whiteness of a corpse, its dead eyes entirely expressionless, its cruel, thin lips tight-drawn against yellow teeth in a perpetual grimace.
— from Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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