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Overalls Capoes of dressed Elk
Our party are now furnished with 358 par of Mockersons exclusive of a good portion of Dressed leather, they are also previded with Shirts Overalls Capoes of dressed Elk Skins for the homeward journey.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

oppressed casting out devils etc
His pathway was thickly strewn with miracles, which consisted in healing the sick, curing lepers, restoring the dumb, deaf and the blind, raising the dead, aiding the weak, comforting the sorrow-stricken, relieving the oppressed, casting out devils, etc.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

one capable of defense except
Surrounded by a force sufficiently large to make resistance in the field quite hopeless, we are at least in position to protract the struggle, and one capable of defense, except against an assault in overwhelming numbers, or against heavy artillery.
— from The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900 by Various

old caps on displaying every
Here the space between the two corners put in a word; and, as the darkness was now becoming natural, seven or eight mattresses appeared, ranged round the room, some holding one, some two men, most of whom were sitting up on end with old caps on, displaying every variety of squalor.
— from Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne

of construction or decoration each
For there are no immediately discernible laws of construction or decoration: each building seems to have a fantastic prettiness of its own; nothing is exactly like anything else, and all is bewilderingly novel.
— from Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series by Lafcadio Hearn

our committee of defence examine
Then, I say, let our committee of defence examine that case, and if our enemies are seeking to trample out Freethought under the name of immorality, and under the cover and shield of our criminal law, then let us defend that man to the last dollar we have.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

of chrystal on dark earth
O thou King of Flames, That with thy music-footed horse dost strike The clear light out, of chrystal, on dark earth; And hurl’st instructive fire about the world: Wake, wake the drowsy and enchanted night, That sleeps with dead eyes in this heavy riddle.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

of cohorts of dead Emperors
The ladies courtesied, and Barbara, as her gaze lifted, caught an instant's glimpse, through the coach's glass sides, of that kingly figure, heaven-descended and sacred, mysterious alike to his own subjects as to the outside world, through whom flows to the soul of modern Japan the manifest divinity and living guidance of cohorts of dead Emperors stretching backward into the night of Time!
— from The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives

obstinate capable of doing excellently
He answered so well at times, construed so happily, and showed such bright flashes of intelligence and interest in parts of his work, that Mr Paton, making no allowances for new methods and an untrained memory, set him down, by an error of judgment, as at once able and obstinate, capable of doing excellently, and wilfully refusing to do so.
— from St. Winifred's; or, The World of School by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

of Chicago on domestic economy
Sumner, Helen L. Survey, The , quoted Sutter, Maud Symphony orchestras Syndicalism Thomas, W. L, quoted Topp, Mr. Trade agreement a typical Hart, Schaffner and Marx Trade unions, aims of, xx and factory inspection and standard of living and women members as training schools conservative and radical compared city federations of craft form of dues of exclusiveness of federation of in other fields industrial form of interstate coöperation of women of juvenile union locals of women's, best training school one big union outside support for relations between labor bodies reorganization of women membership of supported by labor men United States Agricultural Department United States Agricultural Department, and immigration census of, occupations under industrial development of See also Investigations United Tailoresses' Society University of Chicago Valesh, Eva McDonald Van Etten, Ida Vassar College Vincent, John J. Vocational education, and the immigrant as part of public system A.F. of L. on co-education only solution of Commercial Club of Chicago, on domestic economy ideal plan for in Germany original form of tendencies of experts women's share in, inadequate Voice of Industry Vote, the Wages Wages group N.Y. Commission evidence regarding Waight, Lavinia Wald, Lillian D. Walling, William English War orders Ward, Lester F. Watters, J.C. Whitehead, Myrtle Whitney, Edward B. Wilkinson, J.W. Wilson, J. Stitt, quoted Winslow, Charles H. Winters, Sallie Woerishofer, Carola Wolfe, F.E., quoted Woman, as the organizer as the race double function of Woman suffrage, and civic work, and education Woman suffrage, and great strikes and industrial struggle and social control indorsed by, A.F. of L. labor conventions movement for, in Great Britain organization of women voters under organized women and Women, and vocational training and vocations compulsory underbidders in meat-packing plants non-wage-earning Woolston, Howard B., quoted Work, John M., quoted Working Women's Society Young, Anne End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Trade Union Woman, by Alice Henry *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TRADE UNION WOMAN *** ****
— from The Trade Union Woman by Alice Henry

original character of Dick Ewell
For the first time Ewell had his division together and under his immediate command; and as we remained for many days between the rivers, I had abundant opportunities for studying [Pg 37] the original character of "Dick Ewell."
— from Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Richard Taylor

of contemplation of disinterested experience
The grossly, inveterately professional character of all his activity, the absence of leisure, of contemplation, of disinterested experience, the urgency of his consuming money-hunger—all this is rudely exposed.
— from The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various


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