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Leuen or Conisands or Conistonesands or
Hauing passed the Leuen or Conisands, or Conistonesands, or Winander fall (for all is one)
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

lack of climax of cleverness of
He concludes that they will note the utter lack of climax, of cleverness, of ingenuity, of realistic contact with unadorned everydayness.
— from Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories by H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight

lack of corn or cotton on
But the fact we are for the moment mainly concerned with is this: on the one side millions perishing for lack of corn or cotton; on the other corn and cotton in such abundance that they are burned, and their producers face bankruptcy.
— from The Fruits of Victory A Sequel to The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

love our country our country ought
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
— from From Chaucer to Tennyson With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

laws or canons of cathedrals or
[621] Ripoll, III, 622.—When Innocent VIII, by letters of February 11, 1486, confirmed or reappointed Torquemada, the qualification of his appointees was modified by requiring them to be fitting ecclesiastics, learned and God-fearing, provided that they were masters in theology or doctors or licentiates of laws or canons of cathedrals or holding other church dignities.—Páramo, p. 137.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

Linseed Oil Castor Oil Corn Oil
Vegetable Soap, Oils and Fats -- Palm Oil -- Coco-nut Oil -- Olive Oil -- Cottonseed Oil -- Linseed Oil -- Castor Oil -- Corn Oil -- Whale Oil or Train Oil -- Repe Oil.
— from The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech

line of columns of companies or
282½. Being in column of squads, to form a line of columns of companies or company subdivisions, facing in any desired direction, at any desired interval, on the right or left of the leading element of the battalion: 1.
— from Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by United States. War Department


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