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Ezekiel xxxvi Psalm cxxxvii
On the broad featureless plain they pined for "the mountains" of Judea (Ezekiel xxxvi.; Psalm cxxxvii.); they sat down by the waters and wept as they remembered "the hill of the Lord."
— from Expositor's Bible: The Book of Ecclesiastes by Samuel Cox

e x pe ct
b o rn e. C a n cr a v e n c owa rds e x pe ct to c o nq ue
— from Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles of Rhetorical Reading; with Numerous Exercises for Practice, Both in Prose and Poetry, Various in Style, and Carefully Adapted to the Purposes of Teaching in Schools of Every Grade by Charles W. (Charles Walton) Sanders

early x possibly copied
[early x], possibly copied at [pg 074] Einsiedeln; corrected in accordance with a text like that of St. Gall 75.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

electing xxxv Parsons Charles
“Ode to Immortality,” xvi Oriel, Lord, 42 “Origin of Species,” 18 Otho, King, 9 Owen, Robert, 24 Palestine, Reconnaissance of, 76 Palgrave, Elizabeth ( née Dawson Turner), 51 Sir Francis, 51 , 83 Francis Turner, 51 Sir Reginald F.D., 52 R.H.I., 51 , 83 W. Giffard, 52 Parliamentary representatives, methods for electing, xxxv Parsons, Charles A., 52 , 80 Lawrence, fourth Earl of Rosse, 52 , 80 William, third Earl of Rosse, 52 , 80 Peacock, 64 Peel, Sir Robert's, Cabinet, 4 “Penelope,” 39 Penny postage, 33 Percy anecdotes, 37 Persian Boundary Commission, 5 Petrie, Anne Flinders, 53 Martin, 53 Matthew, 53 William, 53 , 81 Professor W.M. Flinders, 53 , 81 “Philobiblon Society,” 50 Pickering, Anne Maria, 54 Edward Hayes, 54 Percival, 55 Percival Andrée, 54 , 83 P.S.U., 54 , 83 Piel seafish hatchery, 31 Pine, William, 21 Place, Francis, 49 “Platæa and Olympia,” 54 Plowden, Sir Henry Meredith, 66 Sir Trevor Chichele, 66 Plymouth, 4 “Poets on Poets,” 66 “Political Economy, Dictionary of,” 51 Political life, factors conducive to noteworthiness in, xxi “Political Studies,” 61 Polynesian race, 78 Pope, Samuel, 39 Port Erin Biological Station, 31 Positivist Community, 7 Price, Professor Bonamy, xvi
— from Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Francis Galton

Exodus xv probably consisting
To the same time belongs the song of Miriam in Exodus xv., probably consisting of a few lines at first, and subsequently enlarged; with a triumphal ode over the fall of Heshbon (Numbers xxi.
— from The Canon of the Bible by Samuel Davidson


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