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James and Charles Corbet left
Two brothers, James and Charles Corbet, left Demerara on a certain day in 1828, in a vessel of which one was master and the other mate; the vessel was seen five days afterward, but from that time no news of her fate was ever received.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

Jose Alberto CUBERO Carmona Libertarian
[Juan Jose VARGAS Fallas]; Independent Worker Party or PIO [Jose Alberto CUBERO Carmona]; Libertarian Movement Party or PML [Otto GUEVARA Guth]; National Christian Alliance Party or ANC
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

just a common candle like
He reproached himself for having been scared lest his star was just a common candle, like himself.
— from The Vehement Flame by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

just a common country laird
Margaret said; "but we cannot let ourselves be beaten and put out of all our plans, and our bonnie Lilias turned into just a common country laird's wife—not for all the Mistress Stormonts and all the long-leggit loons in Scotland!"
— from It was a Lover and His Lass by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

judgment and can compel long
By neglect of God's voice, and persistence in our own evil ways, we can make ourselves such that we are ripe for judgment, and can compel long-suffering to strike.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St. Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren

jest a common cimex lectularius
The rigiment come up one day in time to stop a red bug From runnin' off with Cunnle Wright,—'t wuz jest a common cimex lectularius .
— from Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

Jaquelin Ambler CASSELL CO LTD
SEE Caskie, Jaquelin Ambler. CASSELL & CO., LTD. Memories and reflections, 1852-1927.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1956 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Justice a cleanly Christian look
A pumice-stone that gives to the Statue of Justice a cleanly, Christian look.
— from The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Elbert Hubbard

July and certainly cannot live
The beetles appear in June and July, and certainly cannot live much over a month.
— from Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems Authorised Translation by August Weismann


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