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July Skipton Church Much damaged
July Skipton Church Much damaged Builder, xi.
— from Lightning Conductors: Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application by Anderson, Richard, F.C.S.

July second Charley Morton dashed
Then at noon of July second Charley Morton dashed down the trail from the Upper Meadow, rode rapidly to Headquarters, flung himself from his horse, and dove into the office.
— from The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White

John Skelton certainly Mary did
‘The Instructions are understood to have been drawn by Lethington,’ says Sir John Skelton; certainly Mary did not write them, as they stand, for they are in Scots.
— from The Mystery of Mary Stuart by Andrew Lang

je sache comment M de
il faut vous dire, Monsieur, que le bruit de la proposition que vous m'aviez faite s'étant répandu sans que je sache comment, M. de Voltaire fit entendre à tout le monde que cette proposition était une invention de sa façon; il prétendait m'avoir écrit au nom des Corses une lettre contrefaite dont j'avais été la dupe."—Rousseau
— from Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica by James Boswell

July Sunbury Church Middlesex Damaged
July Sunbury Church, Middlesex Damaged Ann.
— from Lightning Conductors: Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application by Anderson, Richard, F.C.S.


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