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equipment x and

But with the profit of our adaptability we are in danger of losing the underlying sense of purpose that inspires and continues to justify measures, and to lose also a certain intimate intercourse with problems of theory and philosophy which is one of the requisites of a professional equipment {x} and one nowhere better appreciated than in countries loyal to Teutonic ideals of culture.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Emotions xl and

lix. note); in other words (Def. of the Emotions, xl. and xli.), the free man shows as much virtue, when he declines dangers, as when he strives to overcome them.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

elusive x and

It is possible that some few exceedingly sober-minded mathematicians, who are impatient of any terminology in their favourite science but the academic, and who object to the elusive x and y appearing under any other names, will have wished that various problems had been presented in a less popular dress and introduced with a less flippant phraseology.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

et XX abesse

Ariovistī cōpiās ā nostrīs mīlibus passuum quattuor et XX abesse , 1, 41, 5, he was informed that Ariovistus’s troops were four and twenty miles away from ours .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

entitled xviii as

The Philippine Civil Service 587–594 Showing how imperatively simple justice demands that Americans, who go out to enter the Philippine Civil Service should, after a tour of duty out there, be entitled, [ xviii ] as matter of right, to be transferred back to the Civil Service in the United States, instead of being left wholly dependent on political influence to “place” them after their final return home.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Emotions xiii and

For fear is pain (Def. of the Emotions, xiii.), and hope (Def. of the Emotions, Explanation xii.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

elder Xicotencatl abode

But to return to my narrative, our delegates went straightway to the chief town of Tlascalla, where the elder Xicotencatl abode.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

elder Xicotencatl and

We presented them with blue beads for themselves, the elder Xicotencatl and most of the other caziques, with the assurance that we intended soon to visit their metropolis, which we desired they would announce to their countrymen.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Escape XVII A

Tells Me Her Story XVI We Plan Escape XVII A Costly Recapture XVIII Chained in Warhoon XIX Battling in the Arena XX In the Atmosphere Factory XXI An Air Scout for Zodanga XXII I Find Dejah XXIII Lost in the Sky XXIV Tars Tarkas Finds a Friend XXV The Looting of Zodanga XXVI Through Carnage to Joy XXVII From Joy to Death XXVIII
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

elder Xicotencatl and

[Pg 179] ened him, the priest Juan Diaz officiated for him: Maxixcatzin, the elder Xicotencatl, and several other caziques were present.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

e xxj are

And two paire of shankes fh , gr , fc , gz , by the 6 e xxj , are alternely or crosse-wise parallell.
— from The Way To Geometry by Petrus Ramus

Exodus xxxiv and

The primitive decalogue, represented by Exodus xxxiv., and probably from the first associated with Moses, appears, in the earliest periods of Israel's history, to have enjoyed a canonical authority.
— from The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Charles Foster Kent

et x acre

105 ( b ) 2: 'una virg' et x. acre in dominio'.
— from Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by John Horace Round

Ex xxviii and

The ephod and holy plate (Ex. xxviii.), and the phylacteries worn as frontlets between the eyes (Deut. vi. 8), were magical amulets.
— from Bible Studies: Essays on Phallic Worship and Other Curious Rites and Customs by J. M. (Joseph Mazzini) Wheeler

español XXI Append

español, XXI, Append.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

end XIV a

Pp. finished, I 68, XVII 139; at an end, XIV a 24; past, over, II 76, VII 167, XVII 148; haue done , (get it done), be quick, XVII 316, 352, 480.
— from A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose by J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien

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