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out comes that ornery purp of Dutchy
A-course, the parson ’d no more’n stopped, when out comes that ornery purp of Dutchy’s.
— from Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates

of Castile that of Prince or Duke
To conclude, for family reasons, I want a title of Castile, that of Prince or Duke, if possible, and to be a Grandee of the first class , free of nobility patent fees and the sum of ₱—— once for all.
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

on consulting the opening pages of Dr
121 b ; and this atavistic belief, which was touched upon in connexion with the transformations discussed in the last chapter, I need scarcely say, is well known elsewhere to the anthropologist, as one will find on consulting the opening pages of Dr. Tylor’s second volume on Primitive Culture .
— from Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 2 of 2) by Rhys, John, Sir

of corduroy trousers one pair of deer
He next selected a pair of wolf skin trousers, a pair of corduroy trousers, one pair of deer skin boots and two of seal skin.
— from Triple Spies by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

occular changed to ocular positive ocular demonstration
Pg. 57, 130: "occular" changed to "ocular" (positive ocular demonstration) (admits of ocular demonstration).
— from Symmes's Theory of Concentric Spheres Demonstrating that the Earth is hollow, habitable within, and widely open about the poles by John Cleves Symmes


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