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Master of Dependencies xliii
Master of Dependencies, xliii , lvi , 181 .
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

METHOD OF DRAWING XIX
STUDY ILLUSTRATING METHOD OF DRAWING XIX.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

maintenance of Donna Ximena
Taking the Abbot aside, the Cid explained to him that he was about to fare forth on adventure in the country of the Moors, and tendered him such a sum as would provide for the maintenance of Donna Ximena and her daughters until his return, as well as a goodly bounty for the convent’s sake.
— from Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

MANSE OF DULLARG XXXII
DARK OF THE MOON AT THE GRANNOCH BRIDGE XXX.—THE HILL GATE XXXI.—THE STUDY OF THE MANSE OF DULLARG XXXII.—OUTCAST AND ALIEN FROM THE COMMONWEALTH XXXIII.—JOCK
— from The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

MOCKERY OF DECEIT XI
VIMPANY ON INTOXICATION X THE MOCKERY OF DECEIT XI MRS.
— from Blind Love by Wilkie Collins

MAN OF DESTINY XXXI
THE MAN OF DESTINY XXXI.
— from Heart of the Sunset by Rex Beach

MARRABLES OF DUNRIPPLE XLV
THE MARRABLES OF DUNRIPPLE XLV.
— from The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope

March on Dreifontein XI
The Boer Panic at Osfontein X. The March on Dreifontein XI.
— from The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Filson Young

meaning of domicile XVIII
On meaning of “domicile,” XVIII.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

means of determining x
If the statistical frequency of this agreement is known, that is, the frequency with which the first judgment is confirmed by the second, we have the means of determining x .
— from The Logic of Chance, 3rd edition An Essay on the Foundations and Province of the Theory of Probability, With Especial Reference to Its Logical Bearings and Its Application to Moral and Social Science and to Statistics by John Venn


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