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of Bubastis on that

Now the Ionians and Carians occupied these portions of land for a long time, and they are towards the sea a little below the city of Bubastis, on that which is called the Pelusian mouth of the Nile.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

of Buffalow on the

[Clark and Whitehouse, September 9, 1804] 9th Septembr Sunday, Set out at Sunrise and proceeded on passed the Island Several gangus of Buffalow on the Sides of the hils on the L. S. halted on L. Side took breakfast.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

open battle or the

the same In open battle or the tilting-field Forbore his own advantage, and the King In open battle or the tilting-field Forbore his own advantage, and these two Were the most nobly-mannered men of all; For manners are not idle, but the fruit Of loyal nature, and of noble mind.' 'Yea,' said the maid, 'be manners such fair fruit?'
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

our breach of those

“In relation to those laws which enjoin only positive duties, and forbid only such things as are not mala in se , but mala prohibita merely, without any intermixture of moral guilt, annexing a penalty to non-compliance, here I apprehend conscience is no further concerned, than by directing a submission to the penalty in case of our breach of those laws ...
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

omitted builder of the

[188] Quetton St. George, however, must not be omitted, builder of the solid and enduring house on the corner opposite to Mr. Wood's; a structure that, for its size and air of respectability; for its material, brick, when as yet all the surrounding habitations were of wood; for its tinned roof, its graceful porch, its careful and neat finish generally, was, for a long time, one of the York lions.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

on behalf of the

Mr Mortimer Lightwood, besides sustaining the character of one of the witnesses, doubled the part with that of the eminent solicitor who watched the proceedings on behalf of the representatives of the deceased, as was duly recorded in the newspapers.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

or bulb of the

The Wappetoe, or bulb of the Sagitifolia or common arrow head, which grows in great abundance in the marshey grounds of that butifull and fertile vally on the Columbia commenceing just above the quick Sand River and extending downwards for about 70 miles.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

on behalf of the

The protests of the Faculty on behalf of the students seem to have been received by the government in good part.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

other bank of the

The whole of the Bergstrasse was abandoned by the Spaniards, who endeavoured obstinately to defend the other bank of the river.
— from The Thirty Years War — Volume 03 by Friedrich Schiller

of bandages or treatment

But it was healed at last, and when she told him joyfully that he had no further need of bandages or treatment, he looked at her with some amusement.
— from Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison

of beads of the

With the same purpose (that of assisting their teething), the anodyne necklace, which is made of beads of the white bryony, is sometimes hung around the necks of infants, sustaining, even in our own times, a lingering faith in the medical virtues of the amulet.
— from Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, Volume 48, March, 1854 by Various

of being on that

Like many other village sheykhs they claimed a strain of Seyyid blood in their otherwise purely fellah lineage, and had a tradition of being, on that account, somewhat superior to their rustic neighbours.
— from Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt Being a Personal Narrative of Events by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

one bow or the

All night long, a bright lookout was kept from every part of the deck; and whenever ice was seen on the one bow or the other, the helm was shifted and the yards braced, and by quick working of the ship she was kept clear.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

ostensibly because of the

This dispute arose ostensibly because of the election of Stanford in 1883-84 as senator from California in place of A. A. Sargent, one of Huntington’s friends.
— from Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific by Stuart Daggett

one by one the

In every corner, one by one, the visions rose and floated.
— from Fairfax and His Pride: A Novel by Marie Van Vorst

of blood on the

“I think you may know that better than I do,” I retorted, with a glance at the flower—the red symbol—that made a vivid blot of color like a splash of blood on the white table-cloth.
— from The Red Symbol by John Ironside

opposite brae of Tyne

On the opposite brae of Tyne was visible the minister, walking home with an indescribable consciousness and disapproval, not in his face, for it was impossible to see that in the darkness, but in his figure and bearing, as he turned his back upon his excited parishioners, which was irresistibly ludicrous when one knew what it meant.
— from The Laird of Norlaw; A Scottish Story by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

one bound of the

My mind filled with the cataract, At one bound, of the mighty fact.
— from A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by George MacDonald

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