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half a dozen ruffians one night
He had a deep scar from the shoulder to the elbow of his right arm, and another on the left shoulder, both reminiscences of an attack that had been made upon him by half a dozen ruffians one night in the streets of Athens, and in his private opinion the entire extirpation of the Greek race would be no loss to the world in general.
— from In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

have a different religion or no
{288} Does the Church forbid the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all?
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous

have a different religion or no
The Church does forbid the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all.
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous

have a different religion or no
{289} Why does the Church forbid the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all?
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous

have a different religion or no
A. The Church forbids the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion, or no religion at all, because such marriages generally lead to indifference, loss of faith, and to the neglect of the religious education of the children.
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous

having a double row of narrow
Posterior wings at the abdominal corners tipped with orange, and having a double row of narrow white crescents along the external edges; the anterior wings having only a single row.
— from Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3 by Dru Drury

had a daily revenue of nearly
The satrap of Babylon had a daily revenue of nearly two bushels of coined silver; his stables contained nearly seventeen thousand steeds, and the income from four towns barely sufficed for the maintenance of his dogs.
— from A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer

half a day respectively of normal
Hence if a workman had accomplished in a full normal time labour-day, either one and a half times the amount, or only half the amount of normal work, he would e.g. in the six hours mining day, for six hours work, be credited with a day and a half, or half a day respectively of normal work time; whilst in spinning and weaving, on the other hand, he would in the same way, for 12 hours work, be credited with one and a half or a half-day respectively of normal work time.
— from The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection by A. (Albert) Schäffle

have a different religion or no
A. The Church forbids the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all, because such marriages generally lead to indifference, loss of faith, and to the neglect of the religious education of the children.
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous

have a different religion or no
Why does the Church forbid the marriage of Catholics with persons who have a different religion or no religion at all?
— from A Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Anonymous


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