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ject under leg law
re ject, back 3. e ject, out 8. ad jective, to 4. in ject, in 9. inter jection, between 5. ob ject, against 10. sub ject, under leg = law.
— from Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. (Elmer Warren) Cavins

Jahre und länger leben
[249] ‘Den Hindu macht dieser Widerspruch nicht verlegen, da er seine Heiligen 100,000 Jahre und länger leben lässt.’ Rhode , Relig.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

Johnnies under Lee Longstreet
After a summer's experience of Yankee warfare, pitted against the "Johnnies" under Lee, Longstreet, Gordon, and Wise—men of equal courage, tenacity, and fighting ability—"Bob" concluded that another summer of the same sort as the last might prove too much for him, and that he might lose the number of his mess, as hundreds of his comrades had in the summer just closed.
— from Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863 by George Byron Merrick

James Usher late Lord
There is a sheet of paper printed 16 … concerning Ecstacies, that James Usher, late Lord Primate of Ireland, once had: but I have been assured from my hon.
— from Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey

Judgment upon lxxxvii little
CALEF, Robert, I, xxix, lxxv; his More Wonders , &c., lxxvi; a singular Judgment upon, lxxxvii; little known of him, II, xii ; a Sir John, xiii ; his More Wonders burnt, xxi ; Will of, xxiii ; before Authority to defend himself, ii, 8 ; Visit to Margaret Rule, 49 ; threatened with Arrest for Slander, 54 ; proposes an Interview with Mr. C. Mather, 55 ; Letter to Mr. C. M., 56-59 ; prosecuted, 55 ; explains his Belief of Witchcraft, 56 ; on the Power of the Devil, 58 ; complains of Mr. M.'s bad Faith, 60 ; not appeared against at Court, ib.
— from The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 2 of 3) by Robert Calef

James Upper Loch Lomond
O. N S Robicheau, P., Lower Pocmouche, W. O. N B Robinson, James, Upper Loch Lomond, W.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1873 by Canada. Post Office Department

Jews under Louis le
The Jews under Louis le Débonnaire—The Empress Judith and her Veneration for Judaism—Agobard, Bishop of Lyons—Conversion of Bishop Bodo—Amolo's effort against the Jews—Charles the Bald—Troubles in Béziers and Toulouse—Decree against the Jews in Italy—Boso of Burgundy—Basilius—Leo the Philosopher—Decline of the Exilarchate—The Geonim acquire Additional Influence—The Prayer Book of Amram—Mar-Zemach—Literary and Scientific Activity of the Jews—Decay of Karaism—Dissensions at Pumbeditha.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 3 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz


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