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Notestein and Relf Editors Commons
Notestein and Relf , Editors , Commons Debates for 1629.
— from Armenian Legends and Festivals by Louis A. (Louis Angelo) Boettiger

NEW AND REVISED EDITION CHICAGO
NEW AND REVISED EDITION CHICAGO
— from Quiet Talks on Power by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

night and rickollect em comin
I was at meetin' that night and rickollect 'em comin' in.
— from Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley

noble and religious education Calyste
This human masterpiece of virtuous and noble and religious education, Calyste, might be destroyed; the happiness of his life, so long and carefully prepared for, might be forever ruined by this woman.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

new and richly endowed College
This in its turn was abolished in 1909; the College at Belfast was raised to the status of a University, and a new University ominously called the "National University" was founded into which the existing Colleges at Cork and Galway were absorbed, with a new and richly endowed College in Dublin at the head.
— from Is Ulster Right? by Anonymous

numerous atrocities rape et cetera
having been attacked at Presles by several groups of Maquis in the region, by way of reprisal, this Mongolian detachment, as usual commanded by the SS, went to a farm where two French members of the resistance had been hidden. Being unable to take them prisoners, these soldiers then arrested the proprietors of that farm (the husband and wife), and after subjecting them to numerous atrocities, rape, et cetera, they shot them with submachine guns.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 6 by Various

note and remember every card
If this seems incredible, let us remember how old whist players note and remember every card in the pack, and can tell whether they have been played or not, and all the circumstances attending upon them.
— from A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga by William Walker Atkinson

negro a red elf Carries
A little negro, a red elf, Carries her dropping train, and holds At arm's length all the heavy folds, Watching each fold displace itself.
— from The Symbolist Movement in Literature by Arthur Symons

nobilis ac Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalis
Anno Domini 1218 (inquiunt) in captione Damiatæ Ægypti vrbis, sub Ioanne Brenno Hierosolymorum rege, fuit cum Pelagio Albanensi Magister Robertus de Curson, Anglus, Clericus celeberrimus, genere nobilis, ac Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalis, etc.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt


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