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lie entirely in the ecclesiastical revenues
This resource appears to me to lie entirely in the ecclesiastical revenues.
— from Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand, Volume 2 (of 2) by Colmache, M., active 19th century

Lowell early in the evening Robb
By the time they reached Lowell, early in the evening, Robb’s doggerel song had been sung from Cleveland
— from Won in the Ninth The first of a series of stories for boys on sports to be known as The Matty Books by Christy Mathewson

loud echoes in the empty rooms
The thick sandals she had tied on to her feet roused loud echoes in the empty rooms as they fell on the stone pavements, and terror possessed Selene’s anxious soul.
— from The Emperor — Complete by Georg Ebers

Leben etc in the Edinburgh Review
[ F ][See an article on Goethe's Aus Meinem Leben , etc., in the Edinburgh Review for June, 1816, vol.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

last entered into the eternal rest
Russell left Port Gibson and went to New York to enter upon a literary life but after buffetings not a few, he at last entered into the eternal rest not vouchsafed on earth to that weary, outworn body.
— from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 by Mississippi Historical Society

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