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causes Louis XIII
You know how difficult it is to discover the truth; and unless a man be endowed with that admirable instinct which causes Louis XIII to be named the Just--”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Code l xv
] Note 113 ( return ) [ See the Theodosian Code, l. xv.
— 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

CONTINUATION LETTER XIX
LETTER XVIII - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION LETTER XIX - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Saturday Morning, April 16.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

c lib xi
The Lacedaemonians, taking the hint from the mother, caused the gate of the temple to be walled up, and by this means starved Pausanias, so that he died with hunger, &c. (lib. xi. cap.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

carved Louis XV
The old English hunting prints on the wall were Tom's, and the large tapestry by courtesy, a relic of decadent days in college, and the great profusion of orphaned candlesticks and the carved Louis XV chair in which no one could sit more than a minute without acute spinal disorders—Tom claimed that this was because one was sitting in the lap of Montespan's wraith—at any rate, it was Tom's furniture that decided them to stay.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

Characters lii x
Prototypes of the leading Characters lii [x] 4.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

Cælij libros X
Return to text Transcription of title page, Humelbergius Edition, Zürich, 1542 IN HOC OPERE CONTENTA APICII CÆLII DE OPSONIIS ET CONDIMENTIS, SIVE ARTE COQVINARIA LIBRI X. ITEM, Gabrielis Humelbergij Medici, Physici Isnensis in Apicij Cælij libros X. Annotationes.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Church l xx
See Bingham's Antiquities of the Christian Church, l. xx. c. 4, and Beausobre, Hist.
— 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

continued Louis XVIII
“Go thither, and if there be none—well, well,” continued Louis XVIII., “make one; that is the usual way, is it not?” and the king laughed facetiously.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Cf Lect xxiii
Cf. Lect. xxiii.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

compact Louis XVIII
Lord Liverpool acquired the support of the Grenville parliamentary influence by an almost commercial compact, Louis XVIII. added his instances, and Buckingham became a duke.
— from Lord Chatham, His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of

Comes Lercestriæ xij
In Mardegrave Comes Lercestriæ xij. car.
— from Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by John Horace Round

Chicken Leon X
Chicken Leon X. Put on fire, in cold water, one large fat roasting chicken or capon.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

closed Luke xxiii
He who in his later years was a man of much prayer, who began (Luke iii. 21) and closed (Luke xxiii.
— from The Life of Jesus of Nazareth: A Study by Rush Rhees

Compare Luke x
Compare Luke x with Matt.
— from Outlines of Ecclesiastical History by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

C LETTER XXIII
Yours, truly, J. C. LETTER XXIII.
— from The Foundling; or, The Child of Providence by J. (John) Church

Comes Lercestriæ xiij
Ibidem Comes Lercestriæ xiij.
— from Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by John Horace Round

Cedar l xlviii
Upham sta., N. M., 636 Upper Canada, xxiii , lxxvi , lxxxviii , cii Upper cañon of S. Platte r., 466 Upper chain, 15 Upper chain of Rock r., 25 Upper Cottonwoods, 688 Upper crossing of Ark. r., 439 Upper Ford, Tex., 645 Upper Fox r., 295 , 300 , 301 Upper Gravel r. , 376 , 377 Upper Iaway r., 48 Upper Iowa r. , 42 , 44 , 45 , 48 , 206 , 305 , 307 , 308 , 339 , 342 Upper l., near Red Wing, Minn., 70 Upper Nicollet l., 165 Upper or Eleven Mile cañon, 466 Upper Pajarito, N. M., 626 Upper Pimas, 735 Upper Red Cedar l. , xlviii , 153 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 323 , 326 , 351 , 356 Upper Red r. of Pike, 535 Upper Rio Grande, 474 Upper St. Croix l., 72 , 309 , 310 Upper St. Croix r., 309 Upper Zumbro outlet, 61 Uraba was a name of Taos Ures, 773 Usawa, Usaw-way l., 162 , 331 Usaya, 744 Utah, 630 , 731 , 732 , 733 , 734 , 735 , 736 Utah Inds., 508 , 535 , 537 , 591 , 618 , 744 , 746 , 849 , 850 Utah l., 738 949 Ute cr., 494
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 3 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike


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