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esset duce Xanthippo
M. Atilius Regulus, cum consul iterum in Africa ex insidiis captus esset duce Xanthippo Lacedaemonio, iuratus missus est ad senatum, ut, nisi redditi essent Poenis captivi nobiles quidam, rediret ipse Carthaginem.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

embraced Doña Ximena
And my Cid embraced Doña Ximena and his daughters, and blessed them; and the parting between them was like separating the nail from the quick flesh: and he wept and continued to look round after them.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

eighth day Xenophon
H2 anchor VI When a week had passed, on the eighth day Xenophon delivered over the guide (that is to say, the village headman) to Cheirisophus.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

etc Deut xiv
xii, 5, etc.; Deut. xiv, 23, etc.; xv, 20; xvi, 2, 7, 11, 15.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

esset duce Xanthippo
M. Atilius Regulus cum consul iterum in Africa ex insidiis captus esset duce Xanthippo Lacedaemonio, imperatore autem patre Hannibalis Hamilcare, iuratus missus est ad senatum, ut, nisi redditi essent Poenis captivi nobiles quidam, rediret ipse Carthaginem.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

etc Dog X
[34] Die Functions-Localization, etc., Dog X; see also p. 161.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Edit distance xiii
Corrections The following corrections have been applied to the text: Page Source Correction Edit distance xiii questions question 1 xxi Kiriwinensium Kiriwiniensium 1 xxii , 515 and and and 4 xxii of of of 3 xxiii , 2 , 78 , 96 , 97 , 99 , 200 , 224 , 224 , 305 , 415 , 438 , 444 , 524 [ Not in source ] .
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

effect doth XXIV
Go to the quality of the cause from which the effect doth XXIV.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

eunuchs Dan xix
1. Joseph found favour in Pharaoh's court, Gen. xxxix , for [4546] his person; and Daniel with the princes of the eunuchs, Dan. xix.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

et du xiv
Grecs datés de la Bibliothèque Nationale du ix et du xiv.”
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

EDWARD DEPARTS XXIX
JASPER JARMAN RELIEVES HIS MIND XVIII THE CAPTIVE XIX TERESA XX THE BOAT FROM THE MAINLAND XXI EDWARD SEES COMPLICATIONS XXII THE HEART OF GALVA XXIII THE PASSING GUN XXIV A BULLET IN THE GROUNDS XXV IN THE DEATH CHAMBER XXVI THE FUGITIVE XXVII THE IMPOSTOR XXVIII EDWARD DEPARTS XXIX BLOOMSBURY XXX REVENGE XXXI A FINAL NOTE BY EDWARD POVEY THE PRINCESS GALVA CHAPTER I
— from The Princess Galva: A Romance by David Whitelaw

ENDLESS DAY XXXIV
THE ENDLESS DAY XXXIV.
— from A Woman's Experiences in the Great War by Louise Mack

Edmund Davis XIII
(Property of Mrs Edmund Davis.) XIII.
— from Aubrey Beardsley by Robert Baldwin Ross

easy delivery x
299; as charm to ensure women an easy delivery, x. 49 Pork forbidden to enchanters of crops, vii.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

Egypt Dan xi
Antiochus now began a war with Egypt, (Dan. xi. 25,) and while he was there, Jason came back from the Ammonites and regained Jerusalem; but the news brought the king back in the utmost rage, Jason fled to Greece, and Antiochus, coming to Jerusalem, cruelly treated the people, robbed the treasury, himself went into the holy place, led by that horrible traitor, Menelaus; and uttering blasphemy, he sacrificed a hog upon the altar, and boiling the flesh, sprinkled the Temple with the broth, carried off the candlestick and all the rest of the gold, and when he went away to continue his wars, he left a captain and garrison to oppress the Jews, and an old man to teach them the worship of Jupiter.
— from The Chosen People: A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

etc Diod xvii
[62] Pausanias, i. 37, 5; Athenæus, xiii. 45, etc.; Diod. xvii.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

envious day XX
And the whole charming vision flits away 190 Like the night’s golden dream at break of envious day-- XX.
— from A Pindarick Ode on Painting Addressed to Joshua Reynolds, Esq. by Thomas Morrison

Et de xx
Et de xx li in completam solutionem compositionis bonorum eschaetorum Walteri Cowsland, burgensis de Striueling, abiurati de similibus criminibus concess.
— from Life of John Knox, Fifth Edition, Vol. 1 of 2 Containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland by Thomas M'Crie


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