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for earnestly conj or Neuadd

until, before that Nesâd, n. approximation Nesaol, a. approximating Nesâu, v. to approximate Nesefin, n. a neighbour Nesiad, n. a drawing near Nesiant, n. approximation Nesnes, adv. nearer and nearer Nesrwydd, n. nearness, proximity Nest, n. what is compact or close Nestig, a. compact Nesu, v. to approximate Neu, v. to pant; to wish or to pant for earnestly: conj. or Neuadd, n. a hall, a large room Neuaddol, a. belonging to a hall Neued, n. a panting; a longing Neufedd, n. wealth, riches New, n. what is proceeding Newid, n. change: v. to change, to alter Newidiad, n. a changing Newidiannu, to produce change Newidiant, n. act of changing Newidio, v. to change, to alter, to become changed Newidiol, a. changing, mutable Newidioldeb, n. changeableness Newydd, n. what is new, news: a. new, novel; fresh Newydd-dra, n. newness, novelty Newyddiad, n. a making new Newyddiadur, n. newspaper Newyddol, a. of a new quality Newyddu, v. to make new Newyn, n. hunger; famine Newyndra, n. a hungry state Newyniad, n. a famishing Newynllyd, Newynog; a. hungry, starving Newynol, a. famishing, hungry Newynu, v. to famish, to starve Nhw, Nhwy, pron.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

from every child of nature

This last was not worshipped as an abstract object of devotion, but as a type of that glorious orb which has had reverence from every child of nature.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

further examination CITIZENS OF NEW

At the time of his arrest he was engaged in putting into type this paper, which I shall now read aloud and then give into your hands for further examination: “‘CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, BEWARE!
— from Patroon van Volkenberg A tale of old Manhattan in the year sixteen hundred & ninety-nine by Henry Thew Stephenson

for every child over nine

I have spent the morning making plans for little private gardens for every child over nine.
— from Dear Enemy by Jean Webster

from every corner of New

And finally, is it idle to think that there might be a New England League for Rural Progress or, at least, a New England Conference on Rural Progress, which shall bring from every corner of New England representatives of the agricultural colleges, of the Granges, of the country church, of the rural school, of the country press, and all other individuals who believe in the possibilities of New England agriculture, and in the efficiency of the fullest and freest co-operation?
— from Chapters in Rural Progress by Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech) Butterfield

from every cause of noise

Far from every cause of noise and strife, it is quite as great a matter of mystery as the vampyre business itself.
— from Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

for every change of name

There is so much to pay on application for registry; then so much for any and every extension to other classes of goods; then so much if there be two or more marks for the same article; then so much on actual registration; then so much for every change of name or of address; and then so much for a certificate.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 710 August 4, 1877 by Various

first eight chapters of Numbers

The next book is Leviticus, which contains little besides the laws for the peculiar ritual observance of the Jews, and therefore affords no great instruction to us now; you may pass it over entirely; and for the same reason you may omit the first eight chapters of Numbers.
— from The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers, calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners, improve the understanding, rectify the will, purify the passions, direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects, and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language with elegance and propriety by John Hamilton Moore

Fletcher embezzlement case ought not

If I have departed from my custom in the present instance, it is only because I feel that your brilliant services in the recent Fletcher embezzlement case ought not, in justice to yourself and to our common profession, to be passed over in silence.
— from Post-Impressions: An Irresponsible Chronicle by Simeon Strunsky

for every country of northern

The splendour of the Burgundian dukes, outshining that of their feudal lieges the kings of France, and casting into the shade the rude grandeur of the German emperors, gave a new impetus to the use of articles for personal decoration, and for a time set the fashion for every country of northern Europe in all matters of style as well as of ornament.
— from Jewellery by H. Clifford (Harold Clifford) Smith

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