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in Laws xi

—writing 346 B.C., a year after the death of Plato, and probably not more than three or four years after the composition of the Laws—who speaks of the Laws and Republics written by philosophers (upo ton sophiston); (3) by the reference (Athen.) of the comic poet Alexis, a younger contemporary of Plato (fl. B.C 356-306), to the enactment about prices, which occurs in Laws xi., viz that the same goods should not be offered at two prices on the same day (Ou gegone kreitton nomothetes tou plousiou Aristonikou tithesi gar nuni nomon, ton ichthuopolon ostis an polon tini ichthun upotimesas apodot elattonos es eipe times, eis to desmoterion euthus apagesthai touton, ina dedoikotes tes axias agaposin, e tes esperas saprous apantas apopherosin oikade.
— from Laws by Plato

in Livy xliv

We have an account of this transaction in Livy, xliv.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

in Leviticus xix

88 Maimonides, the great expounder of the Jewish law, asserts that "it was not lawful for a man to come into the mountain of God's house with his shoes on his feet, or with his staff, or in his working garments, or with dust on his feet." 89 Rabbi Solomon, commenting on the command in Leviticus xix.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

in Livy xxiv

424 We have several relations of this kind in Livy, xxiv.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

if Louis XV

It places the grisette on the throne, as Rome placed the courtesan there; and, taking it altogether, if Louis XV. is worse than Claudian, Madame Dubarry is better than Messalina.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

i l xxxvi

Note 34 ( return ) [ Dion Cassius (tom. i. l. xxxvi.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

in love x

“things”; m = things that can be crossed in love; x = fossils; y
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

Italy Livy xxx

4. 29 144 Hannibal leaves Italy Livy xxx.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

in Luke xviii

—Parable in Luke xviii, 9-14.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

in Livy xxxi

The locality is described in Livy , xxxi.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

ii Letter xi

“Letters,” Book ii, Letter xi,— Howell .
— from Through the Year with Famous Authors by Mabel Patterson

IN LOVE X

I THE TUTOR, KARL IVANITCH II MAMMA III PAPA IV LESSONS V THE IDIOT VI PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHASE VII THE HUNT VIII WE PLAY GAMES IX A FIRST ESSAY IN LOVE X THE SORT OF MAN
— from Childhood by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

in lengthe xviii

Also it is ordeyned & establysshed by thauctoritie aforsaid, that every clothe called kersey, to be made & put to sale after the sayde feaste, after the full waterynge & rackynge straynynge or tenturynge of the same redy to sale, shall holde & conteyne in lengthe xviii yardes & the ynches, as is aforsayd, & in brede one yarde & a nayle, or at the leaste one yarde within the lystes.
— from Chats on Costume by G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft) Rhead

is lit xiv

“At evening when the lamp is lit,” xiv.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 25 by Robert Louis Stevenson

in Luke xxiv

This is evident from our Lord's command to His disciples in Luke xxiv.
— from The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit by R. A. (Reuben Archer) Torrey

in Luke xii

Beautiful exceptions will be found in Luke xii.
— from Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John by William Alexander

impensaque Leonis XIII

Many editions; the best, with a commentary by Cardinal Cajetan (1469-1534) in Opera Omnia, iussu impensaque Leonis XIII PP . vols.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

in Letter XIII

The reason of this their more openly shown animosity is given in Letter XIII.
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson

interrupted Louis XIV

“It is too great a condescension, monsieur, to discuss these things with you,” interrupted Louis XIV., with that majesty of air and manner he alone seemed able to give his look and his voice.
— from Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas

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