"fager" hidden in books

felt a great emptiness round

CHAPTER XXV Nevertheless, though she tried to face it squarely and help herself by indignation at her own selfish vanity, she felt a great emptiness round her, a great chill.
— from The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth Von Arnim

farmers and gentry eating roast

We then had the pleasure, the inestimable pleasure, of seeing the farmers and gentry eating roast reef and plum pudding in a decorated barn.
— from The Life of Roger Langdon, Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. by Ellen Langdon

fens are gaining excéeding riches

The Danes obteining the vpper hand, for the space of thrée moneths togither went vp and downe the countries, & wasted those parties of the realme, that is to say, Northfolke, and Suffolke, with the borders of Lincolnshire, Huntingtonshire, and Cambridgeshire where the fens are, gaining excéeding riches by the spoile of great and wealthie abbies and churches which had their situation within the compasse of the same Thetford.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

form a government election results

Legal system: based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil, criminal, and administrative courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory Executive branch: chief of state: President Karolos PAPOULIAS (since 12 March 2005) head of government: Prime Minister Konstandinos (Kostas) KARAMANLIS (since 7 March 2004) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister elections: president elected by parliament for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 8 February 2005 (next to be held by February 2010); according to the Greek Constitution, presidents may only serve two terms; president appoints leader of the party securing plurality of vote in election to become prime minister and form a government election results: Karolos PAPOULIAS elected president; number of parlimentary votes, 279 out of 300 Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

for a good enough reason

"I've always known, too," Potch said, "it was for a good enough reason."
— from The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard

Flesherton Artemesia Grey E R

O James Morrow Flesherton Artemesia Grey, E. R.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1872 by Canada. Post Office Department

for although George evidently risked

And so it proved; for, although George evidently risked considerable, and shoved on every horsepower his engine was rated at, he could not quite overtake the big clumsy craft he had affected to despise; so that the Comfort was alongside before the speed boat was more than within hailing distance.
— from Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise; or, The Dash for Dixie by Louis Arundel

from a Great Eastern Railway

"To tell the honest truth," his new acquaintance confided, "I bagged that bit of soap from a Great Eastern Railway carriage.
— from Men of Affairs by Roland Pertwee

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