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occasion Xicotencatl thus

On this occasion, Xicotencatl thus spoke to Cortes: "Malinche, this is my daughter; she is still a virgin, and has never been married: take her to yourself, and give the others to your officers."
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

or x the

For two letters, I use this Diagram, in which the North Half is assigned to ‘ x ’, the South to ‘not- x ’ (or ‘ x′ ’), the West to y , and the East to y′ .
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

of x the

(Note that the expression “ x = sons of mine” is an abbreviated form of “ x = the Differentia of ‘sons of mine’, when regarded as a Species of ‘men’”.)
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

of xx the

At first Thrasymachus is reluctant to argue; but at length, 338 with a promise of payment on the part of xx the company and of praise from Socrates, he is induced to open the game.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

of X to

I went to the University of X to get my doctor's degree.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

of xvi Tooantuh

Tollunteeskee , death of 136 Tollunteeskee , invitation to missionaries by 136 Tollunteeskee , reservation for 85 Tollunteeskee , treaty signed by (1806) 85 Tomassee , encounter at 51 – 52 “ Tom Fuller ,” nature of 452 Tomtit , see Titmouse 454 Tonkawa , Cherokee relations with 391 Tonkawa , legend of 501 Tonkawa , settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151 Tonkawa , study of xvi Tooantuh , McKenney and Hall on 137 Tories , use of Indian disguise by 47 , 48 Tortoise , see Terrapin .
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

of xxix Tribe

Transformation myths 304 , 462 – 463 [ 574 ] Traps , Indian use of 468 Tree rock , myth concerning 317 , 467 Trees , Cherokee explanation of characters of 421 Trees in Cherokee myths, powers of 231 Trephined skulls , collection of xxix Tribe , features of xlix, 1 Trope , development of xc–xci Trotter, H. G. , acknowledgments to 13 Troup , Governor, on Cherokee refusal to remove 115 Trumbull, J. H. , on name Tallge′wi 184 Tsăga′sĭ , Cherokee fairy 334 Tsa′lăgĭ′ , meaning and inflection of 15 – 16 , 182 – 183 Tsa′lăgĭ′ , see also Cherokee ; Synonomy .
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

of Xiatine the

Of fresh memory, the Portuguese having besieged the city of Tamly, in the territory of Xiatine, the inhabitants of the place brought a great many hives, of which are great plenty in that place, upon the wall; and with fire drove the bees so furiously upon the enemy that they gave over the enterprise, not being able to stand their attacks and endure their stings; and so the citizens, by this new sort of relief, gained liberty and the victory with so wonderful a fortune, that at the return of their defenders from the battle they found they had not lost so much as one.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

of Xalapa the

They frequent both open and rare and inaccessible places, and are often found on the snowy peaks of Chimborazo as high as 16,000 feet, and in the very lowest valleys in the primeval forests of Brazil, the vast palm-covered districts of the deltas of the Amazon and Orinoco, the fertile flats and savannahs of Demarara, the luxurious and beautiful region of Xalapa, (the realm of perpetual sunshine), and other parts of Mexico.
— from Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 by Various

of xx trade

His sphere of power will be that of thought and of [xx] trade, not that of the bureaucrats and the soldiers.
— from Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

occasion X told

It seems to me that the conclusion in this case is as false as if you were to infer that because on one occasion X told a lie, he therefore never tells the truth.
— from Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen

ODE X TO

ODE X. TO LICINIUS MURENA.
— from The Works of Horace by Horace

out xiij tais

February 2 ( Shiwas 21 ).—I paid out xiij tais plate of barrs my selfe unto the founders for a peace of a cheane of gould, and sent the money per Luarance my boy.
— from Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume 2 Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622, with Correspondence by Richard Cocks

of Xenophanes the

St. Clement of Alexandria records some verses of Xenophanes the Colophonian (Stromates liv.
— from Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire

of xii Technology

Capt. Richard , part taken by, in Creek war 97 Technolithic stage , features of xxi–xxii Technology , subject-matter of xii Technology , work in xx–xxii Tecumtha , life of 215 – 216 Tecumtha , meaning of name of 442 Tecumtha , work of, among Creeks 87 – 88 Teit , on Thompson River myths 433 , 436 , 437 , 440 , 441 , 451 , 467 , 470 Telfair , Governor, on Georgians’ raid and Cherokee reprisal (1792)
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

of Xenophon the

The historian Dinon, as far as we can judge from the extant fragments of his work, and from the abridgment made by Trogus Pompeius, adopted the narrative of Ctesias, mingling with it, however, some details taken from Herodotus and the romance of Xenophon, the Cyropodia.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

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