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el x c the

lleva la—— el x. c the x. fizzles out, the x. comes to nothing, the x. falls through.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

early xvi centuries the

Through the xv and early xvi centuries the monastic and other convent schools supplied university students.
— from Cambridge by M. A. R. (Mildred Anna Rosalie) Tuker

early xvi century the

Peterhouse had itself been one of the earliest known instances of the conversion of religious property to secular purposes; [399] but in the xv and early xvi century the instances crowd upon us.
— from Cambridge by M. A. R. (Mildred Anna Rosalie) Tuker

E xix_667 C Tratour

H as E. [xix_667] C Tratour (S).
— from The Bruce by John Barbour

Early XVIII Century Tripod

Early XVIII Century Tripod Table with Top Tilted Back Tripod Table, Mahogany, English, about 1760-1765 Card Table, Mahogany English or American, about 1750-1775 Dressing-table, Mahogany.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle

Early XVII Century The

Italian, Early XVII Century The piece of reticello lace, illustrated above, is an unusually fine example of early Italian needlepoint.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle

Early XVIII Century The

Early XVIII Century The hectic magnificence of life in XVIII century Venice finds its reflection, naturally enough, in the decorative arts of the time.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle

early XVth century the

Manual of Sarum Use (early XVth century)," the woman "stands on the right hand of the man": Henderson , in preface to Surtees Society Publications , LXIII, xviii, xix.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

E xing crossing to

If we wish a house on the right side we simply put, set house R. ; if a bridge for characters to cross from R to L and come down on stage L. , you should write: “Steps and platform R. U. E. xing (crossing) to L. U. E. and masked in by bridge with return L. masked in.”
— from How to Become an Actor by Aaron A. Warford

Entity X could therefore

Entity "X" could therefore not exist permanently in one and the same form, and the permanency of the ego—that is, immortality—would still be illogical, would not exist within the realm of science, but would carry us beyond the limitations of the human mind into the unknowable.
— from A Book of Exposition by Homer Heath Nugent

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