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Jews ruin came
1 Now after the death of Herod, king of Chalcis, Claudius set Agrippa, the son of Agrippa, over his uncle's kingdom, while Cumanus took upon him the office of procurator of the rest, which was a Roman province, and therein he succeeded Alexander; under which Cumanus began the troubles, and the Jews' ruin came on; for when the multitude were come together to Jerusalem, to the feast of unleavened bread, and a Roman cohort stood over the cloisters of the temple, [for they always were armed, and kept guard at the festivals, to prevent any innovation which the multitude thus gathered together might make,] one of the soldiers pulled back his garment, and cowering down after an indecent manner, turned his breech to the Jews, and spake such words as you might expect upon such a posture.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

J R Capablanca
Black: J. R. Capablanca.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

justitia ruat cœlum
Fiat justitia, ruat cœlum —Let justice be done, though the heavens should fall in.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

judicious reader can
The judicious reader can not fail to see that the renowned author here shoots far beyond the mark, for Pliny the Elder can hardly be supposed to have had any knowledge of "America Pars."— Author's Note to American Edition.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

judgment reason consciousness
SYN: Perception, sensation, feeling, apprehension, recognition, understanding, discernment, appreciation, sentiment, view, opinion, judgment, reason, consciousness, notion, meaning, import, signification, purport, significance, soundness, sagacity, wisdom.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Justice Robinson came
Justice Robinson came presently, and with him Constable Blake.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

JANETTA REMONSTRATES CHAPTER
JANETTA REMONSTRATES CHAPTER XIII.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

J R Capablanca
French Defence (St. Petersburg, 1913) White: J. R. Capablanca.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

James Robert Cruess
James Robert Cruess.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

jacket red cap
For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather!
— from Sixteen Poems by William Allingham

judicial reckoning could
Nevertheless, even though the tribunals had been as strict as they were lax, the liability to a judicial reckoning could only check the worst evils.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

Justitia Ruat Coelum
Around the edge of the seal ran the legends: "Fiat Justitia Ruat Coelum.
— from By the Golden Gate Or, San Francisco, the Queen City of the Pacific Coast; with Scenes and Incidents Characteristic of its Life by Joseph Carey

J R Capablanca
2. J. R. Capablanca, Havana, Pan-American Champion.
— from Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership by Edward Lasker

John R Clark
By John R. Clark & Caroline Hatton Clark.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Jean Roquard came
But three nights agone, Jean Roquard came home pale and fainting, having met the Phantom Knight in the moonlight; nor hath he been his own man since.”
— from Under the Flag of France: A Tale of Bertrand du Guesclin by David Ker

J Rose Colonel
In addition to these, S. B. Lewis, Colonel H. G. Otis, J. V. Wachtel (a son-in-law of L. J. Rose), Colonel I. R. Dunkelberger and William H. Workman are entitled to a great deal of credit for the movement.
— from Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark by Harris Newmark

Jack Rugby come
CAIUS You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby: come, take-a your rapier, and come after my heel to de court.
— from The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

J RICHARDSON chancery
Aruba none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands); note - Mr. Henry BAARH, Minister Plenipotentiary for Aruba at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Ashmore and Cartier Islands none (territory of Australia) Australia chief of mission: Ambassador Dennis J. RICHARDSON chancery: 1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 telephone: [1] (202) 797-3000 FAX:
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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