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p. 122., 3rd edition, which he has passed over without comment, but which struck me as requiring some editorial notice: "The motto of John Wells, last abbot of Croyland, engraved upon his chair, which is still extant, is: "'Benedicite Fontes, Domine.' "'Bless the Wells, O Lord!'" Reading "Domin o " for "Domin e " would make the first line of this inscription plain enough, as a quotation from the canticle "Benedicite, omnia opera;" but what are we to think of the second line?
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 130, April 24, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
John Kidd Athol Indian Reserve Glengary George McDonell Aubigny Ripon Ottawa P. G. Aubry Auburn Colborne Huron James Sutherland Audley Pickering Ontario, S. R. Robert Graham Aughrim Brooke Lambton J. McKeune * Aultsville Osnabruck Stormont J. R. Ault * Aurora Whitchurch York, N. R Charles Doan Avening Nottawasaga Simcoe, N. R. W. H. Thornbury Avoca Grenville Argenteuil John McCallum Avon Dorchester North Middlesex, E. R. Lyman Whaley Avon Bank Downie Perth James Muir Avonmore Roxborough Stormont E. N. Shaver Avonton Downie Perth A. Shiells Ayer’s Flat Hatley Stanstead C. Ayer * Aylmer
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1865 by Canada. Post Office Department
The lapis-lazuli locket fastened by a little gold chain to her wrist made a ringing sound, every now and then, as it touched her plate.
— from Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 1 by Gustave Flaubert
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