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Jones A King E
CLASS II.—Consisting of those who have gained ten marks or less:—R. Ainsworth, M. Beattie, E. Brake, E. Barnes, G. Buckle, D. Blunt, F. Callum, E. Carrington, E. Coombes, V. Coombes, M. Cooper, P. Davidson, E. Elston, E. Evans, L. Franklin, M. Frisby, A. Gilbert, F. Gibbons, M. Golledge, L. Hudson, W. Hobson, A. Harding, K. Hawkins, G. Chappell-Hodge, A. Ireland, G. Jackson, M. Jenkins, B. Jones, A. King, E. Lucy, W. Lewenz, L. Lockhart, J. Lancum, F. Löwy, C. Little, A. Leah, M. Lang, H. Mugliston, M. McLaren, F. Medlycott, E. Nicholson, F. Newman, C Prideaux, J. Pillett, G. Price, B. Peachey, E. Raven, A. Rudd, E. Spencer, E. Stanton, H. M. Smith, M. Delisle-Trentham, L. Walpole, M. Wiper, N. Wright, C. Wise, D. Wright, G. Williams, B. Webb.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

Joseph and King Evelake
Anon both Joseph and King Evelake came to Britain, and by the preaching of Joseph the people were made Christians.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

job and knew every
She helped her brother in his cooking when she had no other job, and knew every sort of fat, mysterious Italian dish such as the workmen of Castagneto, who crowded the restaurant at midday, and the inhabitants of Mezzago when they came over on Sundays, loved to eat.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

jeast at Kings excesse
That our eares sicknesse wee may cure, And rectifie those Labyrinths aright, That wee, by harkning, not procure 220 Our praise, nor others dispraise so invite, That wee get not a slipperinesse And senslesly decline, From hearing bold wits jeast at Kings excesse, To'admit the like of majestie divine, 225 That we may locke our eares, Lord open thine. XXVI.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Jeptha and keepin em
[Pg 206] "Yes, I can remember Master Jack a-walking in here with ten of 'em," said Jeptha, "and keepin' 'em in the lumber room in houses made out of cigar-boxes."
— from Soap-Bubble Stories For Children by Fanny Barry

jaw a keen eye
Picking Up Facts When Jack found himself shaking hands with his newly acquired “second cousin” one keen glance seemed quite enough to tell him Mr. Casper Herriott was a man after his own heart—genial, with a warm handclasp, yet possessing a firm jaw, a keen eye, and all the marks to signify that the Government had picked out the right type of business executive when he was placed in his present position of authority at the port of Charleston.
— from Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralston's Swift Patrol by Ambrose Newcomb

jump A Kraenzlein E
hammer R. Worthington, W.H.-S. 103 " 11 " Running high jump A. Kraenzlein, E.S. 5 " 6-1/8 " Running broad jump Clifford, M.H.-S. 20 " 6 " Pole vault { Smith, E.H.-S. } { Doolittle, E.H.-S. } 10 " 1/2 " Events.
— from Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various

John a kind enemy
48 cold, severe and fatal, 79 , 132 , 142 communication, finger signs, 65 , 70 communication, secret, 43 , 70 Confederate currency, 27 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 94 , 121 , 140 Cook, Capt. William, 58 , 85 , 96 , 103 , 105 , 143 cooking, how and where, 21 , 95 Constitution, U. S., 29 , 39 , 47 Corcoran, Gen. Michael, 53 corn-cob-meal bread, 44 , 93 , 100 , 107 corn-cob-meal soup, 94 , 102 court martial in prison, 88 ; and Appendix, 153 Crew, John, a kind enemy, 28 Crook, Gen. George, 4 D daily routine, Danville, 97-105 , 140 , 141 Dame, Rev., preaches to us, 121 Dan river, 79 , 98 Danville, arrival at, 47 , 48 ; again, 77 Danville death record, 129 , 132 , 142 , 144 Danville prisons, 98 , 129 Davies's Legendre , 140 (note) Davis, Jefferson, 150 Davis, Lieut., death of, 57 , 58 , 68 dead lines, Salisbury, 54 deaf-and-dumb alphabet, 65 , 70 deaths at Salisbury, 55 , 130 , 134 , 136 , 145 deaths of Confederates in northern prisons, 146 deaths at Danville, 129 , 132 , 136 , 145 Declaration of Independence, 47 defile, Berryville, 3 , 4 , 7 devastation by Sheridan, 2 , 3 diary kept, 22 , 28 , 44 Dickerman, Capt. G. M., 32 discussion with Lieut.
— from Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 by Homer B. (Homer Baxter) Sprague

judges and kings expectant
And these inspired men succeed each other, continuing from year to year their task of guardians of the public soul, watching over the consciences of judges and kings, expectant of the Divine word, and ready to proclaim it over the head of the crowd; announcing disasters, ending often as Page 234 martyrs, prominent from beginning to end of the sacred annals till they disappear in John beheaded by an Herodias!
— from The Cathedral by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

Jerusalem and know everything
You've seen no doubt a good deal of the Temple at Jerusalem and know everything about the goings on there, and are with us in this—that the Lord don't want no more fat rams and goats and bullocks, and incense is hateful in his nostrils.
— from The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story by George Moore

J Amory Knox E
At one of these dinners I remember seeing Inspector Byrnes, the Sherlock Holmes of American crime, Colonel Ochiltree, the red savage, Steven Fiske, Samuel Carpenter, Judge David McAdam, John W. Keller, Judge Gedney, "Pat" Gilmore, Rufus Hatch, General Horatio C. King, Frank B. Thurber, J. Amory Knox, E.B. Harper, W.J. Arkell, Dr. Nagle, the poet Geogheghan, Doc White, and Joseph Howard, jun.
— from T. De Witt Talmage as I Knew Him by Eleanor McCutcheon Talmage

Jackson A King E
CLASS II.—Consisting of those who have gained eleven marks or less:—D. Blunt, M. Balfour, M. Buckler, Lolo Besley, M. Beallie, G. Barnes, E. Brake, L. Coventry, M. Curme, M. Callcott, C. Crawford, M. Cooper, A. Coombs, G. Debenham, P. Davidson, M. Frisby, S. Fullford, J. Gruning, E. Gruning, L. Gill, L. Hudson, G. Chapell-Hodge, G. C. Jackson, A. King, E. Lucy, K. Lynch, E. Leake, G. O'Morris, N. Maxwell, H. Mugliston, F. Medlycott, E. Neame, E. Parks, E. Quilter, M. Somerville, J. Seager, S. Sifton, F. Todd, M. M. Calman-Turpie, M. Wilson, G. L. Williams, G. Williams, E. Yeo, C. Burne, F. Burne, V. Coombes, E. A. Coombes, E. L. Metcalf, H. M. Smith, L. Weetman.
— from Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various


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