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number of those diseased even from
“It is certain that the King hath very often touched the sick, as well at Breda, where he touched 260 from Saturday the 17 of April to Sunday the 23 of May, as at Bruges and Bruxels, during the residence he made there; and the English assure... it was not without success, since it was the experience that drew thither every day, a great number of those diseased even from the most remote provinces of Germany.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

number of those diseased even from
"It is certain that the King hath very often touched the sick, as well at Breda, where he touched 260 from Saturday the 17 of April to Sunday the 23 of May, as at Bruges and Bruxels, during the residence he made there; and the English assure... it was not without success, since it was the experience that drew thither every day, a great number of those diseased even from the most remote provinces of Germany.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

not of the decision except for
Proclamation at four court terms of a levy of a fine shall be a final end to an issue of land, tenements, or other hereditaments and the decision shall bind persons and their heirs, whether they have knowledge or not of the decision, except for women-covert who were not parties, persons under the age of twenty-one, in prison, out of the nation, or not of whole mind, who are not parties.
— from Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776 by S. A. Reilly

notes of the dates etc for
P.S.—J. Selby-Harrison has in all cases preserved notes of the dates, etc., for purposes of verification.”
— from Lalage's Lovers by George A. Birmingham

number of those diseased even from
it was not without success, since it was the experience that drew thither every day, a great number of those diseased even from the most remote provinces of Germany.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 06: June/July 1660 by Samuel Pepys

not out to do evil for
Set not out [to do evil] for the Lady of the Plague ( i.e. Sekhmet)....
— from The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

None of these details escaped Fouquet
None of these details escaped Fouquet's observation; through his enemy's thick, bushy brows, and despite the restless movement of his eyelids, he could, by merely looking at his eyes, penetrate to the very bottom of Colbert's heart, and he read to what an unbounded extent hate toward himself and triumph at his approaching fall existed there.
— from The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas

None of the details escaped Florrie
None of the details escaped Florrie's eyes . . .
— from The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory

north of the Delaware equipped for
[179] " The interests of the country and the interests of the Navy would be best served by one first-class naval base with sufficient anchorage for the entire fleet, north of the Delaware, equipped for docking, repairing, etc., and another station of equal capacity at Norfolk, in Chesapeake Bay, with Guantanamo, Cuba, to serve as the winter-station rendezvous. "
— from Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim

None of these details escaped Fouquet
None of these details escaped Fouquet’s observation; through his enemy’s thick, bushy brows, and despite the restless movement of his eyelids, he could, by merely looking at his eyes, penetrate to the very bottom of Colbert’s heart, and he read to what an unbounded extent hate towards himself and triumph at his approaching fall existed there.
— from Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas


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