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Mercury or Hermes among the Romans and

The plurima simulacra of the Gaulish Mercury may have been boundary stones like those dedicated to Mercury or Hermes among the Romans and Greeks.
— from The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. (John Arnott) MacCulloch

men out here a thought rough after

“She’d find the men out here a thought rough after being used to folks with city ways,” said Mrs. Dan, “although you’ve some real well-spoken an’ well-educated men at Thunder Ridge—Ned himself is that, and so is Aleck Gault and Steve Knight.
— from By Blow and Kiss: The Love Story of a Man with a Bad Name. (Published serially under the title Unstable as Water). by Boyd Cable

make others hear across the room and

It was all confusion; every one spoke at once; some strove to make themselves heard above the rest; some seemed little to care whether they were heard or not; if any man thought he could fix another's attention, he tried to converse with him apart--many fixed upon the person nearest; but one or two endeavoured to make others hear across the room; and all order and common form were at an end.
— from The Smuggler: A Tale. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

miseries of hunger and the rains and

After dealing the staggering blow of Busaco at that presumptuous Marshal, our great leader fell back, through a tract which he swept bare of supplies, on this sure bulwark, and there watched the French host of some 65,000 men waste away amidst the miseries of hunger and the rains and diseases of autumn.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

mistress of herself as to repress any

Her heart gave a leap within her, but she was so far mistress of herself as to repress any visible sign of outward emotion.
— from Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope

mounted on horsebacke and they roade away

So, falling from one merry matter to another, yet without any mislike at all: the Gentlemen, having their horses prepared, and their Portmantues fastened behind, drinking to their hoast, mounted on horsebacke, and they roade away towards Florence , no lesse contented with the manner of occasions happened, then the effects they sorted to.
— from The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio

men or healers and their rites are

Their religious leaders are medicine men, or healers, and their rites are intended primarily to secure and maintain good health.
— from Canyon de Chelly: The Story of Its Ruins and People by Zorro A. Bradley

manifestations of hysteria are the rule and

Dr. Mercier says that with girls "more or less decided manifestations of hysteria are the rule," and with both sexes this instability involves a peculiar susceptibility to suggestions and impressions.
— from Religion & Sex: Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen

mode of his advent to Randlebury and

More than once had his heart misgiven him, he had committed an unpardonable offence in the mode of his advent to Randlebury; and now, with these two awful accusers before him, he felt as if his doom was come.
— from The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed

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