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et xv braçia
et xv braçia de tella a vno ſuo figliolo vna capo de panno lazuro et a vno
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Editor xxv Bibliography
xiv CONTENTS PAGE Preface by the Editor ix Introduction by the Editor xxv Bibliography xlvii Author’s Introduction lv BOOK I GEOGRAPHY OF RAJASTHAN OR RAJPUTANA BOOK II HISTORY OF THE RAJPUT TRIBES CHAPTER 1 Genealogies of the Rajput princes—The Puranas—Connexion of the Rajputs with the Scythic tribes 23 CHAPTER 2 Genealogies continued—Fictions in the Puranas—Union of the regal and the priestly characters—Legends of the Puranas confirmed by the Greek historians 29 CHAPTER 3 Genealogies continued—Comparisons between the lists of Sir W. Jones, Mr. Bentley, Captain Wilford, and the Author—Synchronisms 39 xv CHAPTER 4 Foundations of States and Cities by the different tribes 45 CHAPTER 5 The dynasties which succeeded Rama and Krishna—The Pandava family—Periods of the different dynasties 55 CHAPTER 6 Genealogical history of the Rajput tribes subsequent to Vikramaditya—Foreign races which entered India—Analogies between the Scythians, the Rajputs, and the tribes of Scandinavia 68 CHAPTER 7 Catalogue of the Thirty-six Royal Races 97 CHAPTER 8 Reflections on the present political state of the Rajput tribes.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

eddying Xanthus begotten
When they came to the ford of eddying Xanthus, begotten of immortal Jove, Mercury went back to high Olympus, and dawn in robe of saffron began to break over all the land.
— from The Iliad by Homer

end XII b
Finaly , adv. in the end, XII b 107.
— from A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose by J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien

Eric XIV bears
The cycle of the Vasa plays— Master Olof , Gustavus Vasa and Eric XIV —bears the mark of the consummate craftsman.
— from August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt: Studies and Impressions by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

evangelists XI b
Euaungelistis , n. pl. evangelists, XI b 306.
— from A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose by J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien

Etin XIV b
I 158, II 396; Eten , pp. VIII a 261, IX 144; Etin , XIV b 74, 76, 77.
— from A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose by J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien

e xvj Because
The sixth is thus, the angle aoe , in a lesser section, is greater than a right angle, by the 14 e xvj . Because that which is in the opposite section, is lesser than a right angle.
— from The Way To Geometry by Petrus Ramus

EXPOSE XVIII BREAKING
THE PLANT XVII EXPOSE XVIII BREAKING JAIL
— from Nobody by Louis Joseph Vance

Eastward X Banzai
The Silver Ship IV Assistant Pilot V A Stowaway VI The Control Room VII Through the Storm VIII The Cradle of the Zeppelin IX Eastward X Banzai!
— from The Flight of the Silver Ship: Around the World Aboard a Giant Dirgible by Hugh McAlister

extra xxiv Bassett
"Studies," extra, xxiv; Bassett, "Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina," Id. , xiv, pp.
— from The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner

element x between
Division of element x between the two maturation divisions.
— from Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) by N. M. (Nettie Maria) Stevens


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