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Editor XXIX THE DEVIL
The Devil is an Ass YALE STUDIES IN ENGLISH ALBERT S. COOK, Editor XXIX THE DEVIL IS AN ASS BY
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

ELEGIE X The Dreame
Note [page 95] ELEGIE X. The Dreame.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

EYES XV THE DEATH
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS —— NEW YORK Made in the United States of America COPYRIGHT 1921 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY To THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND CONTENTS PROLOGUE—THE CHILD Part One A. D. 32 CHAPTER I IN THE NET II AT TIBERIAS III UNDER THE FOX'S NOSE IV IN THE VALLEY OF LILIES V HULDAH AND ELIZABETH VI HARD SAYINGS VII LOST—AN ANKLET VIII STRANGE TALES ABE ABOUT IX SWEET IS THE SCAR X I WOULD SEE JESUS XI ON WITH THE DANCE XII ON THE ROOF XIII ORANGE BRANCHES XIV WITH WHAT EYES XV THE DEATH OF LAZARUS XVI
— from The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

en XXIII Terminaison de
E E; sa prononciation, 3, 54. --Devant un m ou un n , XVII. -- E final; sa prononciation, XXI, 41, 42, 44, 45. --Dans be , ce , de et dans el , em , en , XXIII. --Terminaison de tous les adjectifs féminins, XXVII. --Figurative du thème de la premiere conjugaison des verbes actifs, XXXI.
— from An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés

EVIL XIV THE DREAM
THE UNREALITY OF EVIL XIV THE DREAM XV TRUTH BEING MANIFESTED XVI
— from The Pastor's Son by William W. Walter

England xxviii the differences
From the time the "Farmer's Letters" were published in England [xxviii] the differences between Parliament and colonies were better understood there.
— from Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies by John Dickinson

Experiences X The Diverting
The Book, and the Dream II In the Track of the Innocents III Days at Sea IV We Become History V Introducing the Reprobates VI A Land of Heart's Desire VII A Day to Ourselves VIII Out of the Sunrise IX Early Mediterranean Experiences X The Diverting Story of Algiers XI
— from The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine

e xxiiij the diagony
For if the quadrate of the line subtending the angle of a quinquangle be trebled, the half of the treble shall be the side of the semidiagony of the dodecahedrum: Because by the 6 e xxiiij , the diagony of the cube, that is of the dodecahedrum is of treble power to the side of the cube.
— from The Way To Geometry by Petrus Ramus

Eric XIV the drama
Eric XIV , the drama of the reign of the mad son of the sane King Gustavus, is a masterpiece of life-like presentation.
— from August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt: Studies and Impressions by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby


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