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65 Subterranean palace, cistern, i. 15 Stamboul, origin of the name, i. xvi Steam-boat, first introduced at Constantinople, i. 5 ; sultan embarks in one, ib.; singular display on the occasion, 6 Storks, fondness of Turks for, i. xv ; supposed by the Greeks to poison fountains, ib.; singular mode of banishing them, ib.; abound in Philadelphia, 71 ; benevolence to small birds, ii.
— from Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor Series One and Series Two in one Volume by R. (Robert) Walsh
The most remarkable feature in Xenophon's system of woman training is the utter absence of any intellectual discipline.
— from Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
nap(h)tha pla(i)ster slak(e)ing earthen-ware, earthen ware “sulphurous”, “naphtha” are used in the Contents and the Index; “sulphureous”, “naptha” in the body text forms in “-xion” (such as “connexion”) appear only in the Contents and the Index Volume I has more archaic forms than Volume II: “shew”, “inclose” are sometimes used instead of “show”, “enclose” “carbone” with final “e” appears in one Plate caption.
— from Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet
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