"frix" hidden in books

for railway in X

Called to the stand, Simon Frisby testified that "he was telegraph operator, and night train despatcher for railway in X—. On October the twenty-sixth, had just gone on duty at 8 P.M. at the station, when prisoner came in, and sent a telegram to New York.
— from At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

Fisheries Rhode Island XXXV

Inland Fisheries, Rhode Island , XXXV, XXXVI, 1905–6; Science (n.s.), XXVI, 83–87, 1907.
— from On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

from references in Xenophon

Here may be considered as belonging some of the "guessing-games," certain of which, in forms remarkably like those in use to-day, were known to the ancients, as Mr. Newell has pointed out, from references in Xenophon and Petronius Arbiter (313.
— from The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander Francis Chamberlain

from righteousness Isa xlvi

Here it is easy to understand how the command of believing belongs unto all who hear it, even to the vilest and grossest sinners, who are yet stout, hard hearted, and far from righteousness, (Isa. xlvi.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

for rupture in xi

; birth-trees in, xi. 165; children passed through a cleft oak as a cure for rupture in, xi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

final ruin in xxxvi

The real conclusion of the chronicler's history of the kings of the house of David is a summary of the sins of the last days of the monarchy and of the history of its final ruin in xxxvi.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Books of Chronicles by W. H. (William Henry) Bennett

for rehabilitation i xxvi

333 is burnt at the stake, ii. 335 -342 trial for rehabilitation, i. xxvi -xxxii, xlii ; ii. 384 -392 medical opinion on, ii.
— from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 by Anatole France

for Ramparts ib xlviii

Of Fire-Pots for Ramparts, ib. xlviii.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

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