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he explained other rites of the

When we compare this part of the story with the statement of a Christian writer of the second century, Hippolytus, that the very heart of the mysteries consisted in showing to the initiated a reaped ear of corn, we can hardly doubt that the poet of the hymn was well acquainted with this solemn rite, and that he deliberately intended to explain its origin in precisely the same way as he explained other rites of the mysteries, namely by representing Demeter as having set the example of performing the ceremony in her own person.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

has enabled one revolution of the

It has enabled one revolution of the cylinder of the printing machine to produce four sheets instead of one, or a surface of print equal to four sheets.
— from Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight

have embraced our Revolution our transition

Have the times of those services been as trying as those which have embraced our Revolution, our transition from a colonial to a free structure of government?
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 9 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

horseback Effect of religion on the

The Shynses—Their traffic—Hunting—Food—Horses—A horse- race—Devotional feeling of the Skynses, Nez Perces and Flatheads—Prayers—Exhortations—A preacher on horseback Effect of religion on the manners of the tribes—A new light.
— from The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Washington Irving

he explained once reports of the

The presence of Colonel Rojas was a surprise, but, as he explained, once reports of the pirates reached him, he had taken the next plane home to assume command.
— from The Pirates of Shan: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

hateful errors of Rome on the

They thereby prove themselves the most safe and zealous advocates of the reformed faith; they present the most undaunted front against the hateful errors of Rome on the one hand, and the no less dangerous and insidious underminings of Geneva on the other.
— from Obedience to the Articles and Rubrics of the Church of England a Bond of Union between the Established Clergy by Edwin Proctor Denniss

Here ends our record of the

Here ends our record of the Elton family, and the story returns to the Adairs.
— from Flora Adair; or, Love Works Wonders. Vol. 2 (of 2) by A. M. Donelan

heroic example of rare old Tom

But we have all this abiding consolation, that even if we cannot retain our very best form to the end of our days, we can hope still to play a good game to the finish, and there is the heroic example of rare old Tom Morris to stimulate us in this hope.
— from The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon

houses except on rare occasions the

In such houses, except on rare occasions, the company belonged essentially to the same world as their entertainers.
— from Memoirs of Life and Literature by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock

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