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Latin people Romans CP
Latin people, Romans , CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Light PQ RS c
Let it be so placed in the Tube, that the Axis of the Speculum may pass through the middle of the square side EF perpendicularly [Pg 108] and by consequence through the middle of the side FG at an Angle of 45 Degrees, and let the side EF be turned towards the Speculum, and the distance of this Prism from the Speculum be such that the Rays of the Light PQ, RS, &c. which are incident upon the Speculum in Lines parallel to the Axis thereof, may enter the Prism at the side EF, and be reflected by the side FG, and thence go out of it through the side GE, to the Point T, which must be the common Focus of the Speculum ABDC, and of a Plano-convex Eye-glass H, through which those Rays must pass to the Eye.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

Let present rapture comfort
Let present rapture, comfort, ease, / As heaven shall bid them, come and go; / The secret this of rest below.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

like plotting Royalty can
Consider also whether, involve as it like, plotting Royalty can escape the glance of Patriotism; lynx-eyes, by the ten thousand fixed on it, which see in the dark!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

long period remained constant
On the other hand, the points in which species differ from other species of the same genus are called specific characters; and as these specific characters have varied and come to differ since the period when the species branched off from a common progenitor, it is probable that they should still often be in some degree variable—at least more variable than those parts of the organisation which have for a very long period remained constant.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Lake past Roes Creek
The celebrated Going-to-the-Sun Highway from St. Mary Junction over Logan Pass to Lake McDonald runs along the north shore of St. Mary Lake past Roes Creek Camp.
— from Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States. Department of the Interior

landed property Realkredit credit
Einsparung economization Rationalisierungsbemühungen rationalization efforts Rationalisierungsfachmann efficiency expert Rationalisierungsvorhaben scheme of rationalization rationiert rationed Rationierung rationing Ratsversammlung council Raubbau exhaustive cultivation Raubbau robber economy Räumung eines Gebäudes vacation of a building Räumungsausverkauf closing-down sale Razzia razzia reagieren react Reaktion reaction Reaktion response real real reale Vermögenswerte tangible assets Realeinkommen real earnings Realeinkommen real income realer Wert real value realer Wert; Sachwert; effektiver Wert real value realisierbar; verwertbar realizable Realisierbarkeitsstudie feasibility study Realkosten real costs Realkredit credit on landed property Realkredit credit on real estate Reallohn real wage Rechenfehler miscalculation Rechenmaschine calculator Rechenschaftsbericht statement of accounts rechenschaftspflichtig accountable rechenschaftspflichtig liable to account Rechenschieber sliderule Rechenzeit calculating time Rechenzeit computing time rechnen count rechnen reckon Rechner calculator Rechner; Rechenmaschine calculator Rechnung bill Rechnung invoice Rechnung (US);
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

L purpurata Russelliana Catt
L.-C. Lady Wigan (L. purpurata Russelliana × Catt.
— from The Woodlands Orchids, Described and Illustrated With Stories of Orchid-Collecting by Frederick Boyle

lobe probe robe conglobe
Globe, lobe, probe, robe, conglobe. OCE, see OSE.
— from Practical Guide to English Versification With a Compendious Dictionary of Rhymes, an Examination of Classical Measures, and Comments Upon Burlesque and Comic Verse, Vers de Société, and Song-writing by Tom Hood

Labrador peninsula region Canada
Bolivia 16 30 S 68 09 W La Perouse Strait Pacific Ocean 45 45 N 142 00 E Labrador (peninsula, region) Canada 54 00 N 62 00 W Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean 60 00 N 55 00 W Laccadive Islands India 10 00 N 73 00 E Laccadive Sea Indian Ocean 7 00 N 76 00 E Lagos (capital)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Long Primer Roman Contents
maximè , 301 justum debitum : Long Primer Roman. Contents:—p.
— from The Early Oxford Press A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations by Falconer Madan

L Pilulæ r compositæ
Aromatic pills , Balsamic laxative p. , Edinburgh p. , Stomachic p. ; Pilula rhei composita (B. P., Ph. L.), Pilulæ r. compositæ (Ph. E. & D.), P. stomachicæ , P. aromaticæ , L. Prep.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

Lastly powerful railroad corporations
Lastly, powerful railroad corporations often succeeded in bribing state legislatures to refrain from taking action against them.
— from Problems in American Democracy by Thames Williamson

like paying rent commented
"And you can get it after the first payment like paying rent," commented the other teacher.
— from The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races by Oscar Micheaux

Labrador peninsula region Canada______________________
E Labrador (peninsula, region) |Canada______________________|54 00 N| 62 00 W Labrador Sea_________________|Atlantic Ocean______________|60 00
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

later period Recorded Cases
Two I select from writings of a later period: Recorded Cases .—1.
— from Diseases of the Horse's Foot by H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) Reeks


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