But we may remember in the first place that even then, especially in the household and in the country, the old religion had probably a much firmer hold than one might imagine from literary evidence, in the second that national character is not the growth of a day, so that we may safely refer permanent characteristics to the period when the old religion held its own. — from The Religion of Ancient Rome by Cyril Bailey
Mr S Rutherford presently called
["When told that Mr. Dickson had some children removed by death, Mr. S. Rutherford presently called for a pen, and wrote a profitable letter to Mr. Dickson; 'for' (said he) 'when one arm is broken off and bleeds, it makes the other bleed with it'" (Wodrow's "Analecta").] — from Letters of Samuel Rutherford
(Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford
Mount street Richards Philip Cocket
Resolven Coal Company, Port tennant Richards, David, grocer and tea dealer, Prince street Richards, Elizabeth, King William , 150, High street Richards, Evan M., agent, (Landore Silver Works) 20, Northampton place Richards, George, grocer and tea dealer, 102, High street Richards, George, Old Willow Tree , 108, High street Richards, Joseph, builder and surveyor, 32, Cradock street Richards, Miss, 2, Mount street Richards, Philip, Cocket farm Richards, Richard, builder, &c., 21, Bellevue street Richards, Richard, jun., builder, &c., 21, Bellevue street Richards, Samuel, hairdresser, 237, High street Richards, Stephen, carpenter and joiner, 8, Park street Richards, William, architect, &c., 8, Grove place Richards, William, linen and woollen draper, &c., 30, Castle street Richards, William, master mariner, 211, High street Richards, William, grocer and tea dealer, 151, High street Richardson, Jeremiah Clarke, ship builder, (firm of Richardson Brothers), 1, Russel place Richardson, James Coxon, ship owner, (firm of Leach, Richardson and Co.) 2, Fynone terrace Richardson, John, merchant and ship owner, 4, Cambrian place Richardson, John Crowe, ship owner, (firm of Leach, Richardson, and Co.) Uplands villa Richardson, Joseph, ship owner, Mount pleasant Richmond, Thomas W., linen and woollen draper, &c., 7, Castle square Rickard, William H., manufacturer (Vale Pleasant Pottery), Dyvatty street Ridd, John, baker and flour dealer, 142, High street Ridd, William, grocer and tea dealer, 18, Strand Ridler, George, cork cutter, 26, Calvert street Ritchie, F., manager (Branch Bank of England), Temple street Ritchings, Stephen, pork butcher, 3, Caer street Roach, William Neath, master mariner, 4, Albert place Roberts, Rev. B., 18, Cradock street Roberts, Daniel, shoemaker, 2, Cradock street Roberts, Edward, grocer, 75, Oxford street Roberts, Francis, grocer and tea dealer, Mysydd street Roberts, John, grocer, branch Post Office, 171, High street Roberts, John, accountant, Prince street p. 35 Roberts, John Harris, auctioneer, cabinet maker, &c., 13, Wind street Roberts, Joseph, commercial traveller, 5, Brunswick street Roberts, Josiah, Cuba Hotel , Ferryside Roberts, William, grocer and tea dealer, 28, Union street Roberts, William, grocer, branch Post Office, 21, Orange street Roberts, William Harris, auctioneer, grocer, 20, Singleton street Robertson, John, draper, &c., 40, Bellevue street Robinson, David, attorney’s clerk, Victoria place, Church street Robinson, David, jun., accountant, &c., 5, Bellevue street Robinson, George, block and pump maker, 103, Strand Robinson, Thomas, ship builder, 12, St. David’s place, and Ferryside Roderick, David, Red Cow , 200, High street Roderick, David, — from Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854 by Ebenezer Pearse
Ad hec predicatores, ut suam contra minores sentenciam roborarent, plures casus personales proposuerunt, in quibus asserebant fratres minores non posse excusari quin peccuniam per se vel per alios recepissent. — from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little
maybe said Ronicky peering calmly
"He'll have a broken bone or two, maybe," said Ronicky, peering calmly into the darkness, "but he'll live to trap somebody else, curse him!" — from Ronicky Doone by Max Brand
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