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cousin of mine much older than either
When I was eleven and Juliet eight years of age, a cousin of mine, much older than either—he seemed to us a man—took great notice of my playmate; he called her his bride, and asked her to marry him.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

course of munificent maintenance of this earthly
Sir Francis Cook, Viscount de Monserrate, to whom Monserrate belonged for many years, greatly extended and improved the property, and his son, Sir Frederick Cook, the present owner, has followed the same course of munificent maintenance of this earthly paradise; with the result that now the beauties of the glens at Monserrate are probably unequalled in their own way.
— from Through Portugal by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume

composed of Moab Member of the Entrada
White bands of sandstone extending to foreground are composed of Moab Member of the Entrada.
— from The Geologic Story of Arches National Park Geological Survey Bulletin 1393 by Stanley William Lohman

consistency of mind manliness of thought etc
Although it may not be matter of much surprise that a church which has so carefully defined her own fallibility should have one doctrine for her children in their days of health and vigor, and another for the time of their sickness and death, still it does surprise us that a man of education like Mr. Gladstone should be so unconscious of his own extraordinary inconsistency in appealing—as he does throughout his attacks against Catholics and the Catholic Church—to “mental and moral freedom,” “logic,” “consistency of mind,” “manliness of thought,” etc., etc. Already arise from all sides echoes of the question singularly enough asked by Mr. Gladstone himself: “Is the Church of England worth preserving?”
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various


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