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Mrs Elizabeth C Hincks and Miss
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hincks and Miss Caroline S. Conant L. M.'s 100.00 Portland.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 02, February, 1879 by Various

meat each Campbell having a Macgregor
The lord of the castle received him and his men with feigned kindness, and they sat down to meat, each Campbell having a Macgregor on his right hand.
— from The Heart of Scotland by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

mad Egyptian Caliph Hakim a Mahometan
This persecution was originated by the mad Egyptian Caliph Hakim, a Mahometan Caius Caligula, who believed that he was the incarnation of the divine power, and the vicegerent of God on earth.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 3 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

myself excommunication cannot hurt a man
"Thou hadst better not begin in the hearing of the men who sit upon the wall; for myself, excommunication cannot hurt a man who never goes to church, and does not company over much with those who do."
— from Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune A Tale of the Days of Saint Dunstan by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake

Mrs E C Hewitt and Mrs
Mrs. Louisa Knapp , Editor; Mrs. E. C. Hewitt, and Mrs. J. H. Lambert, Associate Editors.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 03, March, 1887 by Various

Mr E C Huffaker and Mr
The first, dealing with the long and notable series of early experiments with small models, was written almost entirely by Secretary Langley with the assistance of Mr. E. C. Huffaker and Mr. G. L. Fowler in 1897.
— from Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911 by Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly

moving electric charge has a magnetic
Any moving electric charge has a magnetic field associated with it.
— from Nuclear Clocks Revised by Henry Faul


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