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not assist good or resist
why doth he not assist good, or resist bad, reform our wills, if he be not the author of sin, and let such enormities be committed, unworthy of his knowledge, wisdom, government, mercy, and providence, why lets he all things be done by fortune and chance?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

n advance going on Rhae
before, from; for Rhaca, n. a spectacle, a show Rhacai, Rhacan, n. a rake Rhacanad, n. a raking Rhacanu, v. to rake Rhaciant, n. advancement Rhacio, v. to come forward Rhaco, adv. yonder, there Rhach, n. what is forced out Rhad, n. grace, favour Rhad, a. free, gratis; cheap Rhadfawr, a. gracious; virtuous Rhadferth, a. beneficent Rhadferthwch, n. beneficence Rhadforedd, n. graciousness Rhadlon, a. gracious, kind Rhadlonaeth, Rhadlondeb, n. graciousness Rhadloni, v. to be gracious Rhadrodd, n. free gift Rhadu, v. to render free Rhadwehyn, a. grace diffusing Rhadd, n. advance, going on Rhae, n. constraint; battle Rhael, n. bent, inclination Rhaf, n. a spread, a diffusion Rhafnwydd, n. buckthorns Rhafol, n. service tree berries Rhafon, n. berries growing in clusters; service tree berries Rhafu, v. to spread, to diffuse Rhaff, n. a rope, a cord Rhaffan, n. a rope Rhaffio, v. to rope, to make a rope Rhag, n. a front, a van; an entrance: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

n a grain of rye
warring Rhyfelgar, a. apt to war, warlike Rhyfelu, v. to wage war, to war Rhyferad, n. a drivelling Rhyferthin, n. a violent gust Rhyferthwy, n. a torent, a tempest Rhyferwi, v. to over-boil Rhyfoli, v. to praise; to flatter Rhyforiad, n. a scrambling Rhyfrys, n. precipitancy Rhyfwydd, n. currant trees Rhyfyg, n. presumption Rhyfygol, a. presuming insolent Rhyfygu, v. to presume Rhyfygus, a. presumptuous Rhyg, n. rye Rhygaru, v. love to excess Rhygen, n. a grain of rye Rhyglydd, n. desert, merit Rhyglyddiannus, a. meritorious Rhyglyddiant, a. desert, merit Rhyglyddu, to deserve, to merit Rhygnol, a. tubbing; scoring Rhygnell, n. a whipsaw Rhygnen, n. a rasp, a file Rhygniad, n. a rubbing; a hacking Rhygnu, v. to rub, to hack Rhygoel, n. a superstition Rhygoll, n. an extreme loss Rhygu, n. over-fondness Rhygwellt, n. rye-grass Rhygyng, n. an ambling pace Rhygyngen, n. a rattle in the throat Rhygyngu, v. to amble Rhyngad, n. intervention Rhyngol, a. intervening Rhyngsang, n. a diacope in rhetoric Rhyngu, v. to intervene; to medirate.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

nor a garrison of Roman
4. ¶Gaudas was angry at Metellus because in spite of requests he had received from him neither the deserters nor a garrison of Roman soldiers, or else because he could not sit near him,—a privilege ordinarily vouchsafed by the consuls to princes and potentates.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Normandy and Guyenne only returned
The towns of Paris and Rouen, as well as the provinces of Brittany, Languedoc, Normandy, and Guyenne, only returned to their allegiance to the King on conditions more or less advantageous to themselves.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

nature and ground of right
In the other range it investigates the nature and ground of right, or the morally good.
— from Theoretical Ethics by M. (Milton) Valentine

not a glimmer of recollection
He scanned the stranger's face with curiosity, but not a glimmer of recollection came to him.
— from Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

negotiations are going on right
They say that negotiations are going on right here, under the Britisher's very nose.
— from Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

needed and get our rate
"Fix it with Gantry, or somebody, so that we can put the company vote where it's most needed and get our rate continued.
— from The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde

not and grant or refuse
I do not say a being who will always answer them, and give us all we ask; but one who will at least hear, who will listen consider what is page 166 p. 166 fit to be granted or not, and grant or refuse accordingly?
— from Out of the Deep: Words for the Sorrowful by Charles Kingsley

not a gust of rage
It was not a gust of rage that should transport her into his presence.
— from Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness. Volume 2 (of 3) by Charles Brockden Brown

neck a glimpse of ribbon
About the small figure of the daughter there was always something distinguishing, even if you rode up from behind, that told of youth, of mettle, of self-regard; a neatness of fit in the dress, a firm erectness in the little slim back, a faint proudness of neck, a glimpse of ribbon at the throat, another at the waist; a something of assertion in the slight crispness of her homespun sunbonnet, and a ravishing glint of two sparks inside it as you got one glance within—no more.
— from Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable

Nor any grace Of rose
Yet though thus for a little space I bow my face, Nor any grace Of rose or lily can I see, I know the while that memory, Clear-eyed and free, Upon my heart is graving deep Each least, sweet loveliness, to keep Through all the coming years for me.
— from Among the Trees Again by Evaleen Stein


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