[place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
A former noted chief among the East Cherokee, commonly known to the whites as Junaluska.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney
Syrupus e Coralliis compositus.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper
She everywhere awaited attacks which the enemies, superior in every case, could make at their own choice and their own time.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
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— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
Of course no earnest criminalist can pursue other studies for their own sake, he has no time; but he must look about him and study the methods used in other sciences.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
and for that cause, as he that is stung with a scorpion, I would expel clavum clavo ,
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
This enormous crop could not have come from the hands of sullen and discontented labor.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein
In every considerable centre, men had the opportunity of seeing and hearing this supreme actor of the political stage; but Midlothian was the scene of his most astonishing efforts.
— from Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by George William Erskine Russell
Quid ad hæc conducat, seu reputando rem in universum, seu reputando rem quatenus singulis competit, pendet ex cognitione circumstantiarum.
— from The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
The purposes for which this was done are set forth in the following enacting clause, commonly called the preamble:— " We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ."
— from Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by James Alton James
He felt that he had, half by good fortune and half by earnest endeavor, come close to the solution of a crime that had filled the front pages of the nation’s press for days.
— from The Galloping Ghost A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
The semipalmation is, of course, a diagnostic mark in the hand, but only under exceptional circumstances can it be seen in the field.
— from Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) by Arthur Cleveland Bent
302 OCTOBER 12 BREAKFAST LUNCHEON Fresh strawberries and cream Grapefruit cardinal Baked beans, Boston style Clam broth in cups Boston brown bread Eggs Conté Coffee Veal sauté, Catalane Romaine salad Assorted cheese and crackers Coffee DINNER Consommé Nelson Radishes and celery Sand dabs, meunière Coquille of chicken, Mornay Roast leg of mutton, Kentucky sauce String beans in butter Potatoes Anna Field and beet salad Charlotte Russe Demi tasse Eggs Conté.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler
At Le Quesnoy, the Prince gained a trifling advantage over the Spaniards; at Cateau Cambresis he also obtained a slight and easy-victory; but by the 17th of November the Duke of Alva had entered Cateau Cambresis, and the Prince had crossed the frontier of France.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley
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