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or Black River or Kuchuk

4037 Now called the Kara-Su, or Black River, or Kuchuk-Meinder, or Little Mæander.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

of becoming Rector of Kentisbury

But it does not appear in the Register that William FitzStephen was ever instituted; and the institution of John de Wyke, priest, in the following year, by the patron, indicates that the illiterate young man abandoned the idea of becoming Rector of Kentisbury, and perhaps did service, such as he was qualified to perform satisfactorily, under his father’s banner in the field.
— from Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England by Edward Lewes Cutts

of being robbed or killed

In the seventeenth century, money acquired a certain purchasing value which procured advantages and luxuries impossible in the preceding period when the brave man was worth infinitely more than the rich who, scorned and considered as a rapacious Jew, was isolated and in constant fear of being robbed or killed.
— from Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo P. (Hugo Paul) Thieme

of Bourges replied O king

To this arrogant language the Archbishop of Bourges replied, “O king, what canst thou be thinking of that thou wouldst fain thus oust the King of the French, our lord, the most noble and excellent of Christian kings, from the throne of so powerful a kingdom?
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by François Guizot

only by reason of Karmic

They were reborn only by reason of Karmic effects.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

of being Rector of Kencote

He would certainly not have been Rector of Kencote for thirty years, with the prospect of being Rector of Kencote for thirty years more if he lived so long.
— from The Squire's Daughter: Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall

of Bull Run or Kernstown

Sending orders for Ewell and A. P. Hill to attack at once, he galloped forward, unattended by either staff officer or orderly, and found himself in the midst of his own men, his soldiers of the Valley, no longer presenting the stubborn front of Bull Run or Kernstown, but an ungovernable mob, breaking rapidly to the rear, and on the very THE COUNTERSTROKE 95 verge of panic.
— from Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by G. F. R. (George Francis Robert) Henderson

of Baron Roberts of Kandahar

For his services, he was made a peer of England, receiving the title of Baron Roberts of Kandahar.
— from Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

on boys remember Old Kentucky

Looking down the hill, he saw the flash of Zagonyi's sabre, and at once gave the order, "Forward!" At the same time, Lieutenant Kennedy, a stalwart Kentuckian, shouted, "Come on, boys! remember Old Kentucky!"
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

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