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dominion of Denmark over Norway in
The causes of this must probably be sought in the long dominion of Denmark over Norway, in the brisker and more uninterrupted communication which Scotland maintained with Denmark, in comparison with any other part of the North, and lastly, in the reciprocal marriages between the ancient Scotch and Danish royal families, which in former times contributed, in no small degree, to bind the Scotch and Danish people together.
— from An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland by Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

decree of divorce or nullity is
alidity of a marriage or the effect of any former decree of divorce or nullity is doubted, the question may be tried by the court on filing a libel, as in case of divorce.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

D o drantále of nine inches
D o drantále, of nine inches.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

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