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Eugenia Artemesia Grey E R
O F. A. Howland Eugenia Artemesia Grey, E. R. O R. McLean Purdy Evelyn Nissouri, West Middlesex, E. R.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1872 by Canada. Post Office Department

exhibited a gold episcopal ring
In 1867 Mr. Binns exhibited a gold episcopal ring, at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, which he obtained at the shop of a jeweller at Worcester, and supposed to be the ring of Walter de Cantilupe, who presided over the see of Worcester from 1236 to 1266.
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.

exit after great eddyings round
The crowd, more active now that there were empty spaces here and there, commenced to stream towards the door of exit after great eddyings round the successes of the year, satisfied, rather tired, but excited still by that air charged with the electricity of art.
— from The Nabob by Alphonse Daudet

ementulation and gives elaborate reasons
It does not appear in the form of sentence as given by Coke in his “Institutes,” yet in passing sentence in 1615 on John Owen, alias Collins, he expressly includes ementulation, and gives elaborate reasons why this should form part of the sentence.
— from Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals by Alfred Marks

episodes are graphic exciting realistic
281 The Enterprise Books Captivating Stories for Boys by Justly Popular Writers The episodes are graphic, exciting, realistic—the tendency of the tales is to the formation of an honorable and manly character.
— from The Putnam Hall Rebellion; or, The Rival Runaways by Edward Stratemeyer

enjoyed a great European reputation
The following extracts from this interesting book tell much of Pinetti’s life in Russia and of his professional history as tradition and actual acquaintance had presented it to M. Robertson: “Pinetti had travelled a great deal and for a long time had enjoyed a great European reputation.
— from The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin by Harry Houdini

erected at government expense reaching
The sharks are so numerous that it is dangerous to bathe in the surf, and nobody cares to have his legs bitten off; so a semicircular pen of piling has been erected, at government expense, reaching about a hundred feet into the sea.
— from The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis

episodes are graphic exciting realistic
GROSSET & DUNLAP — NEW YORK The Enterprise Books Captivating Stories for Boys by Justly Popular Writers The episodes are graphic, exciting, realistic—the tendency of the tales is to the formation of an honorable and manly character.
— from The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Or, Showing Up the Perils of the Deep by Victor Appleton

eminence and gazing earnestly round
“The river must be somewhere hereabouts,” said Ian, reining up on an eminence, and gazing earnestly round him.
— from The Red Man's Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne


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