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or Pundamalli Vellālas so

Thus Tondamandalam are sub-divided into the Tuluvas, who are supposed to have come from the Tulu country; the Poonamallee (or Pundamalli) Vellālas, so called from the [ 375 ] town of that name near Madras; and the Kondaikattis (those who tie their hair in a knot without shaving it).
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

or Pantheistic vitality seemed

A sort of generic or Pantheistic vitality seemed to lurk in their very joints and bones, after what might be called the individual life had departed.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

of printing verses some

[Calls attention to growth of a usage (anfangs, wagte sich der Brauch nur schüchtern, hier und da, hervor) of printing verses, some original, some quoted, in the death notices.] (16) Naumann, Friedrich.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

our poor vaunted skill

We cannot touch the disease, with all our poor vaunted skill.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

of Prince Vorontsov stood

The deacon came in, and seeing Laevsky pale and gesticulating, addressing his strange speech to the portrait of Prince Vorontsov, stood still by the door as though petrified.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

of priceless value shine

The palace halls of princely dwellings, decked with costly gems of priceless value, shine with no more dazzling luster than the icicle-shaped pendants of snowy whiteness hanging from the arch and sides of this remarkable underground temple.
— from Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes by A. M. (Abbie M.) Brooks

of painted vases seems

From the Geometrical period onwards the manufacture of painted vases seems to have been continued intermittently in Boeotia down to the fourth century.
— from History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 1 (of 2) by H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters

or poultry vegetables salad

At dinner there were soup, fish, entree, roast beef, lamb, or poultry, vegetables, salad, sweet, cheese, and fruit; and there was pretty poor wine ad libitum at both meals.
— from Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells

of private volunteers some

The assembled troops were, in themselves, worthy of note; for, besides the regular and trained infantry and cavalry of the period, there stood enranked, and doing the duty of private volunteers , some of the noblest in England.
— from William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

of Padua v supra

Very rarely does an author like Nicolas of Padua ( v. supra ) tell us so much as his motive for composing the poems.
— from The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury

our pilgrimage viewed spiritually

We have had some physical discomforts, indisposition, etc., but our pilgrimage viewed spiritually is singularly blessed.
— from John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. (1847-1900), a Memoir by Hunter Blair, David Oswald, Sir

Orozco possibly Villa said

"Whom have they got?" "Reyes, Gomez, probably Orozco, possibly Villa," said Ortego.
— from Uncle Sam, Detective by William Atherton DuPuy

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