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from Lat ad cord stem of
p. , S3; accorded , pp. , S2; pt. s. , S3.—OF. acorder ; Late Lat. accordare , from Lat. ad + cord- , stem of cor , heart.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

family laws a comparative study of
VERNIER, CHESTER G. American family laws; a comparative study of the family law of the forty-eight American States, Alaska, the District of Columbia and Hawaii, to Jan. 1, 1931.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

fence left a clear space of
This outer fence left a clear space of about fifteen feet.
— from The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville

fact led a certain section of
This fact led a certain section of the Council to attempt to impress upon the College the character of an institute of technology.
— from The Right Honourable Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe P.C., D.C.L., F.R.S. A Biographical Sketch by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Thorpe

felt like a child saying over
She felt like a child saying over to itself some absurd nonsense rhyme.
— from Arundel by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

felt like a conspirator stealing out
"I felt like a conspirator stealing out of the house this morning."
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

family laws a comparative study of
SEE Vernier, Chester G. VERNIER, CHESTER G. American family laws; a comparative study of the family law of the forty-eight American States, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii, to Jan. 1, 1935.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

felt like a child shut out
My two years in the tropics had not been joyless—indeed, considering all things, they had been singularly happy years—still, I had felt like a child shut out from the sunshiny place where his mates are playing.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

floor lay a curious sample of
On the floor lay a curious sample of an Old World man-trap, not sent from New York, but direct from England, a terror to poachers and apple stealers, French swords and venomous looking bayonets, of very ancient design, a rusty, long Indian musket barrel together with tibiae and tarsi , labelled 1759-60, presents from H. J. Chouinard, Esq., the owner in 1865 of the site of the battlefield at St. Foye, where stands Le Monument des Braves .
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir


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