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One result of the

J. W. Gamble, Treasurer, York, 15th Nov., 1826."—One result of the meeting thus advertised is an address to the stockholders from Capt. Richardson, which appears in the Loyalist of Dec. 9.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

or ribbons of their

Knights Commanders of the aforesaid Orders have: (1) The circlets or ribbons of their respective Orders, (2) their badges pendent below the shield, (3) their helmets of degree.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

of respect other than

He sat next to the Tycoon on his left, and the only other mark of respect, other than that due to equals, which he employed in speaking was the word "kami," for "you."
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

of respect or terror

The arms of Manuel were exercised on Mount Taurus, in the plains of Hungary, on the coast of Italy and Egypt, and on the seas of Sicily and Greece: the influence of his negotiations extended from Jerusalem to Rome and Russia; and the Byzantine monarchy, for a while, became an object of respect or terror to the powers of Asia and Europe.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

or removal of the

But in the case of the death or removal of the Master or either of the Wardens, no election can be held to supply the vacancy, even by dispensation, for reasons which will appear when I come to treat of those offices.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

of reproach one to

Up and to church, and thence home, my wife being ill ... kept her bed all day, and I up and dined by her bedside, and then all the afternoon till late at night writing some letters of business to my father stating of matters to him in general of great import, and other letters to ease my mind in the week days that I have not time to think of, and so up to my wife, and with great mirth read Sir W. Davenant’s two speeches in dispraise of London and Paris, by way of reproach one to another, and so to prayers and to bed. 8th.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

of Refraction of the

35´, gives the Angles of Refraction of the most and least refrangible Rays 54 deg.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

objective relation of the

In other words, the objective relation of the successive phenomena remains quite undetermined by means of mere perception.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

of remonstrances on the

Choueguen itself had been established as a set-off to the fort at the mouth of the Niagara river, which had been built there by the French in spite of remonstrances on the part of the authorities at New York.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

of Rules of the

In conjunction with this book the Book of Rules of the Association should be read, and where there may be any difference in detail between the two the Book of Rules should be taken as the guide, being more frequently under revision and, therefore, up to date; and also the monthly Girl Scouts’ Gazette .
— from Scouting for Girls Adapted from Girl Guiding by Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron

on receipt of the

Dorothy's letter to Lady Beaumont, written on receipt of the announcement of Coleridge's home-coming, goes copiously and minutely into the reasons for the estrangement between the poet and his wife.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb

of receipt of the

You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of receipt of the work.
— from Nether Lochaber The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands by Stewart, Alexander, Rev.

old raggie over the

"You heaved our old raggie over the rail, did you?" demanded Dick, angrily.
— from Motor Matt's Submarine; or, The Strange Cruise of the Grampus by Stanley R. Matthews

of reprints of the

This volume consists of reprints of the author's articles on the subject in French periodicals, though not a word of this is mentioned.
— from Extinct Birds An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those Birds which have become extinct in historical times by Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron

of red oak tobacco

its stronger than the falls of the Arno," and turning over, he slept, perhaps to dream of red oak tobacco sticks, and bare legged boys with green hands, killing worms.
— from The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton

other remains of these

[165] A little below the mouth of this river, the high wind obliged us to lay to; woods and thickets, with high dry grass, and prairies, either bare or covered with artemisia, formed an extensive wilderness, traversed by the paths of stags and buffaloes, where we found many deer's horns and other remains of these animals, as well as tracks of enormous bears ( Ursus ferox ).
— from Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 2 by Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von

on reception of the

Then, on reception of the bride, the bridegroom pays the weotuma , or delivers the charter providing for the morning-gift or other allowance for the widow; and, at the same time, makes symbolical assertion of the power which he thus acquires over the wife: for example, by treading upon her foot—a custom, says Sohm, which at later time finds a more refined expression in the delivery of a shoe or slipper.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

of reformation of the

And when it is remembered that, notwithstanding the failure of the potato crop, and consequent destitution of so large a population in the Highlands, the Relief Committees have been not only able to prevent any death by famine, but to open in so many places a fair prospect of improvement of the country, and of reformation of the manners of the people, at an expense in all not exceeding £100,000, it is surely not unreasonable to expect, that in ordinary seasons, and after some further assistance shall have been given them for the purpose of emigration, the proprietors of the Highlands and Islands will be perfectly able to bear a similar burden to that which the legislature has now imposed on Ireland .
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

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