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reigned in Babylon on the

"'Many years ago there reigned in Babylon, on the Nile, a haughty Khalif who vexed the Christians with taxes and corvées.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

reward is bestowed on that

I.e. , the reward is bestowed on that gift of faithful and successful service which he might hand on in its results to posterity.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

right in back of the

Ang ámung kusína búyun ra sa balay, Our kitchen is located next to (or right in back of) the house.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

repel it being offered to

She drew herself into an attitude not of defiance, but of resolution, as one that would avoid provoking assault, yet was resolute to repel it, being offered, to the utmost of her power.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

rip it behind or to

Coming near the bed, Juliette drops her skirt, and cleverly gets into the drawers, which were not a bad fit, but when she comes to the breeches there is some difficulty; the waistband is too narrow, and the only remedy is to rip it behind or to cut it, if necessary.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

remain ignorant both of the

Don Ramirez took care that the populace should remain ignorant both of the crimes and profession of the Captives.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Rome itself but only to

If, however, it is asked in what theatre these vessels have been employed, we cannot point to any in Rome itself, but only to those in the districts of Italy and in a good many Greek states.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

raised its banner of treason

[Pg 92] nationalism,—the voice which cries to our soul that the tower of national selfishness, which goes by the name of patriotism, which has raised its banner of treason against heaven, must totter and fall with a crash, weighed down by its own bulk, its flag kissing the dust, its light extinguished?
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore

remedy I beseech of Thee

I come unto Thee for remedy, I beseech of Thee consolation and support.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

remonstrance in behalf of truth

The provocations to this remonstrance in behalf of truth and nature were still of perpetual recurrence before and after the publication of this preface.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

religion is based on the

Chairs move untouched by human hands, and tables walk about in lonely castles of Savoy, and no one marks them, till a day comes when the furniture of some American cottage is similarly afflicted, and then a shoddy new religion is based on the phenomenon.
— from Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang

Russia in behalf of the

By special invitation of this representative of the Czar, Dr. Hubbell and the nine other American commissioners, who went to Russia in behalf of the donors were present on board.
— from The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton

regularity is broken on the

The regularity is broken on the East side by a slightly oval valley, four or five miles in diameter, called the Val del Bove , or i
— from Etna: A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by G. F. (George Farrer) Rodwell

Richard III but on the

on account of his friendship with Richard III., but, on the contrary, showed every disposition to assist him in his struggle with his nobility, and in 1488 went so far as to arrest the Count of Pennamacor, one of the insurgent Portuguese noblemen who had escaped to England, and to imprison him in the Tower.
— from The Story of the Nations: Portugal by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens

representation in Britain of that

ACORUS CALAMUS, sweet-sedge or sweet-flag, a plant of the natural order Araceae, which shares with the Cuckoo Pint (Arum) the representation in Britain of that order of Monocotyledons.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

reason is because of the

The reason is because of the stronger human interest that the Matterhorn evokes.
— from The Alps by Conway, William Martin, Sir

received in battle on the

" Major William Knowlton, a most worthy volunteer soldier, died of wounds received in battle on the 20th day of September, 1864.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland

report in behalf of the

By Senator Yutzy: Q. Did your committee intend to make a report at that meeting, also? A. No, sir; but we could have made a report in behalf of the Hyde Park men, the men that we represented in committee.
— from Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Read in the Senate and House of Representatives May 23, 1878 by 1877 Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July

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