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or reward accepted taken or received shall
And it is further enacted, 'that any such present, gift, gratuity, donation, or reward, accepted, taken, or received, shall be deemed and construed to have been received to and for the sole use of the Com {348} pany.'
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

One raised a torch of ruddy shine
One raised a torch of ruddy shine, And, kneeling by their leader, one Set to his mouth a gourd of wine.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, August, 1880 by Various

of religion as the only real stay
I was in my judgment much confirmed in the infinite importance of religion as the only real stay, guide, help, comfort in this life, and the only means of having a hope of partaking of a better.
— from Elizabeth Fry by Emma Raymond Pitman

of radium and the other radioactive substances
The latest theory is that the alpha particle is in fact an atom of helium, and that the final transformation product of radium and the other radioactive substances is lead.
— from The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien PoincarĂ©

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