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good or evil to the acts
The text of this encyclical is given by Drach in Hebrew and also in translation, thus: "This is why we enjoin you, under pain of excommunication major, to print nothing in future editions, whether of the Mischna or of the Gemara, which relates whether for good or evil to the acts of Jesus the Nazarene, and to substitute instead a circle like this O, which will warn the Rabbis and schoolmasters to teach the young these passages only viva voce.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Griffiths objected even to this appearance
The Ghost next came in the form of a mastiff, but Griffiths objected even to this appearance; at last, the Ghost appeared as a fly, which was captured by Griffiths and secured in his tobacco box, and page 197 p. 197 carried away.
— from Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen

grey or else they twist about
There are such beauties on the Heath only they are black instead of grey, or else they twist about beautifully.
— from Kate Greenaway by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann

grains of each three times a
At this period no internal medication was given, but three days previous to the usual onset of the disease I prescribed phenacetin and salol, five grains of each three times a day.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various

grounds of expediency though the act
(1548), c. 21, the obstacles to such unions were formally swept away on grounds of expediency; though the act sanctions the ancient prejudice by declaring that "it were not only better for the estimation of priests, and other ministers in the Church of God, to live chaste, sole, and separate from the company of women and the bond of marriage, but also thereby they might the better intend to the administration of the gospel, and be less intricated and troubled with the charge of household, being free and unburdened from the care and cost of finding wife and children, and that it were most to be wished that they would willingly endeavour themselves to a perpetual chastity."
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

glimmerings of eternal truths that are
For in the twilight of those winter woods, in the shadow of death itself, perhaps he was catching glimmerings of eternal truths that are hidden from all but the most far-seeing eyes.
— from The Voice of the Pack by Edison Marshall

Girls of eight to ten are
Girls of eight to ten are often given into the clutches of wealthy old men who are already supplied with a harem.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

green of exceptionally tough texture and
The plants grow very tall and vigorous and the leaves which are borne on strong, heavy stems, are large, dark green, of exceptionally tough texture and practically immune to disease.
— from Kellogg's Great Crops of Strawberries, and How to Grow Them the Kellogg Way by R. M. Kellogg Co.


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