"kobdo" hidden in books

Katherine of Braganza daughter of

[Katherine of Braganza, daughter of John IV. of Portugal, born 1638, married to Charles II., May 21st, 1662.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

kind of breathless dream of

She seemed all day in a kind of breathless dream of joy.
— from Grandmother: The Story of a Life That Never Was Lived by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

keeper or bracket D on

In Fig. 29 , B is the shears for turning the cylinder, and both it and the pushing catch, C , pass through a keeper or bracket, D , on the side of the machine.
— from Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell

known of borate deposits of

This is the only important case known of borate deposits of marine origin.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

King of better dispositions of

A little later still, in another letter to the same correspondent, after saying that he could scarcely conceive a King of better dispositions, of more exemplary virtues, or more truly desirous of promoting the welfare of all his subjects than was George the Third, he further and truly said: "The Body of this People, too, is of a noble and generous Nature, loving and honouring the Spirit of Liberty, and hating arbitrary Power of all sorts.
— from Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume 2 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

kind of broade dagger or

Cost o liẻre, a kind of broade dagger or hanger.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

King of Bohemia Duke of

Ottocar King of Bohemia, Duke of Austria and much else, the great man of his day, came once (A.D. 1255); Johann King of Bohemia, in the next century, once and again.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 02 by Thomas Carlyle

King of Burgundy died of

About the same period we find Dagobert and Clodobert, sons of Chilperic, falling victims to the disorder; and Austregilda, wife of Gontran King of Burgundy, died of it in 580, at the age of thirty-two, so enraged with her physicians, Nicholas and Donet, that she insisted that they should accompany her to the other world, to reward them for causing her untimely end.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

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