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must appear that the king exceeds
How then can it be otherwise, but that it must appear that the king exceeds all in strength, while so great a multitude obeys his injunctions?" 5.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Military Attaché to the Khivan Expedition
price 32 s. STUMM (Lieut. Hugo), German Military Attaché to the Khivan Expedition. —
— from Servetus and Calvin A Study of an Important Epoch in the Early History of the Reformation by Robert Willis

Military Attaché to the Khivan Expedition
Hugo), German Military Attaché to the Khivan Expedition.
— from Dante: Six Sermons by Philip H. (Philip Henry) Wicksteed

Military Attaché to the Khivan Expedition
Cloth, price 32 s. STUMM (Lieut. Hugo), German Military Attaché to the Khivan Expedition.
— from An Outline of English Speech-craft by William Barnes

mind and taken the keen edge
The two years had not passed so uncomfortably, it is true; work and pre-occupation and the change of surroundings had brought me back my peace of mind and taken the keen edge from my despair--which was to have been life-long, and had faded in a month.
— from In the Valley by Harold Frederic

Middle Ages the Turkish Khans encampments
In the Middle Ages the Turkish Khans' encampments were always spoken of as their ya—thus: "from hence 1500 miles north-west to the Khan's ya ."
— from Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker

me and to the king es
My lord es after my most affectuouse reco m mendac i on, This present berer my lord of York es seruaunt is arryved nowe to me w i t h l ette res bothe to me and to the king es highnes.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 2 Life, Letters to 1535 by Roger Bigelow Merriman

materially according to the kind employed
The quantity and the quality of the gas yielded by coal differ materially according to the kind employed.
— from Great Facts A Popular History and Description of the Most Remarkable Inventions During the Present Century by Frederick C. (Frederick Collier) Bakewell


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