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capable of raising everything natural to
Not only Americans but those of other nationalities have discovered that Southern California totals a remarkable number of points in the problem of comfortable living—a healthful and delightful climate (notably in winter), a fruitful soil capable of raising everything natural to the temperate zone besides a large number of things sub-tropical, a beautiful and varied terrain embracing seaside, valley and mountain, and an admirable system of capital roads.
— from Finding the Worth While in the Southwest by Charles Francis Saunders

conjectures of rival etymologists nor to
It is no part of our province here to decide between the conjectures of rival etymologists, nor to pronounce on their relative merits.
— from Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang

cliff or rocky eminence near the
To attain this elevation, the architects usually take advantage of some hill or cliff, or rocky eminence near the shore.
— from History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt by Jacob Abbott

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