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growth of the horn in a new
the growth of the horn in a new direction.
— from On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

good or that he is a necessary
If learned men be but perverted in their apprehensions of some one attribute of God, (as those that think his goodness is nothing but his benignity, or proneness to do good, or that he is a necessary agent, doing good ad ultimum posse , &c.) what abundance of horrid and impious consequents will follow!
— from A Christian Directory, Part 3: Christian Ecclesiastics by Richard Baxter

given of the Hawaiian Islands are not
[147] The names here given of the Hawaiian Islands are not all recognizable, but this one is evidently the modern Oahu.
— from The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 by Various

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