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FISH PISCES ELIXOS XIX
BOILED FISH PISCES ELIXOS XIX .
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

for peaceful enjoyment XX
“A lovely and fruitful city, adapted to every recreation,” says a scholiast on Homer, and Diodorus 233 speaks of Sicyon as a place “for peaceful enjoyment.” XX. Phliasia.
— from Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History Selected from His Commentary on Pausanias' 'Description of Greece,' by James George Frazer

friends presented early XV
Some of Duke Jean’s friends presented early XV-century windows to the side chapels of Bourges Cathedral.
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

formal proposition Every X
The logicians will not see that their formal proposition, "Every X is Y," is material in three points, the degree of assertion, the quantity of the proposition, and the copula.
— from A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Augustus De Morgan

famous picture Erik XIV
Strindberg plunged into art-criticism, and exposed Count George von Rosen's famous picture "Erik XIV and Karin Månsdotter," in the National Museum of Stockholm, to the fire of his discontent.
— from August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt: Studies and Impressions by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

following passages Ex xxiii
The directions as to the disposal of the Canaanites, are mainly in the following passages: Ex. xxiii.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

following passages Ex xxiii
The directions as to the disposal of the Canaanites, are mainly in the following passages, Ex. xxiii.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society


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