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fertile land of Xeres

After a few days’ march, Don Roderick arrived in sight of the Moslem army, encamped on the banks of the Guadalete, where that beautiful stream winds through the fertile land of Xeres.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Various

following line O xxi

One of which is Proanaphonesis, which is used when any one in the midst of a narration uses an order proper to other things, as in the following line (O. xxi, 98):— He was to be the first that should taste the arrow,— and Epiphonesis (I. xvii.
— from Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

forces law of xii

Correlation of forces, law of, xii, 272.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard

fertile land of Xeres

After a few days’ march, Don Roderick arrived in sight of the Moslem army, encamped on the banks of the Guadalete, [22] where that beautiful stream winds through the fertile land of Xeres.
— from Spanish Papers by Washington Irving

for liberty of x

Conquest of Mexico, a tragedy, ii. 257 Conscience, declaration for liberty of, x, 279 xxi Consequences of the Revolution to Dryden, i, 347 Constantine the Great, epilogue to, x, 386 Contest at the election of Sheriffs for London, ix, 404 Contract, Dryden’s, with the King’s company of players, i, 102 Controversy between Athanasius and Arius, x, 15 concerning the comparative merits of the ancients and moderns, xii, 45 between Dryden and Stillingfleet, concerning the Duchess of York’s paper, xvii, 185 remarks on, ib. 187 between Dryden and Sir Robert Howard, i, 94 Matthew Clifford, ib.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18 Dialogue concerning Women; Characters; Life of Lucian; Letters; Appendix; Index by John Dryden

Francis Life of xvi

234 Writers of Life of St Francis Xavier, xvi, 9 Writing pastorals, rules to be observed in, xiii, 355 singular fashion of, x, 457 Writings of Bishop Burnet, remarks on some parts of, x, 271 Polybius, character of, xviii, 17 X. Xavier, St Francis, Life of, xvi, 1 writers of life of, ib. 9 address to the reader by the author of life of, ib. 8. dedication to, ib. 3 birth of, ib. 15 education, ib.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18 Dialogue concerning Women; Characters; Life of Lucian; Letters; Appendix; Index by John Dryden

for Lost Ones XIX

Searching for Lost Ones XIX.
— from Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

feudal lord of Xarandilla

Here he took up his abode in the castle of the count of Oropesa, head of a powerful branch of the great house of Toledo, and feudal lord of Xarandilla.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

for legislatures of XVII

Necessity of requiring test oath for legislatures of, XVII.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

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