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got it from the Endeavor River
Captain Cook got it from the Endeavor River blacks, who pronounce it to-day exactly as it is spelled in the great navigator's journal, but they use it now only for the big toe.
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

Giovanni in Fiore the escort resting
On the same day he began his march to San Giovanni in Fiore, the escort resting at intervals; one of them offered the man food, which he accepted; 214 Old Calabria he ate and drank what was placed in his mouth, and not so much in order to sustain life, as with real pleasure.
— from Old Calabria by Norman Douglas

Give in full the experiment represented
Give in full the experiment represented in Fig.
— from Science for the School and Family, Part I. Natural Philosophy by Worthington Hooker

gets it from the Edinburgh road
"The Jardine Arms gets it from the Edinburgh road that Ian Rullock made a daring escape."
— from Foes by Mary Johnston


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