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Rev Philip Story
M., 23rd May, 1819, Georgina Sibella, 5th dau. of Rev. Philip Story, and had issue.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

rewis pl S3
row, C; rewis , pl. , S3; see Rawe .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

regains possession sees
The normal self thereupon regains possession, sees, feels, or is able to move again.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

retraction precisely such
He replied, “if they are not charges, they certainly are insinuations,” whereupon Mr. Winters renewed his demands for retraction precisely such as he had before named, except that he would allow me to state who did write the article if I did not myself, and this time shaking his fist in my face with more cursings and epithets.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

relative pronoun sentence
An ablative of the time within which action occurs is sometimes followed by a relative pronoun sentence, with the relative pronoun likewise in the ablative: as, quadrīduō, quō haec gesta sunt, rēs ad Chrȳsogonum dēfertur , RA.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

reasonable prudent sober
She will bring him a fortune capable of making any reasonable, prudent, sober man, happy.”
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

rose petal she
In the garden grow roses; the mistress of the house is herself the finest rose petal, she beams with joy, the joy of good deeds: however, not done in the wide world, but in her heart, and what is preserved there is not forgotten.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

raging Pepys stuck
During the fearful period when the Plague was raging, Pepys stuck to his business, and the chief management of naval affairs devolved upon him, for the meetings at the Navy Office were but thinly attended.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

relinqui PP S
Leuen , v. to leave, to dismiss, to remain, relinquere , relinqui , PP, S, S2, S3; leauen , S; lef , S2; leaf , imp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

rather poor specimen
Achille Grandissime, "A rather poor specimen of the Grandissime type, deficient in stature, but not in stage manner.
— from Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Royalty payments should
Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the address specified in Section 4, “Information about donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.” *
— from Joseph Conrad by Hugh Walpole

rerum primis sed
150 his celer effecit, bruma ne longior una esset hiems rerum, primis sed mensibus aestas temperiem caelo pariter patriaeque
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

real physiological status
The question then resolves itself, What is the real physiological status of this appendage, if it has any, and, if it is a physiological appendage, when does it merge into a pathological appendage?
— from History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by P. C. (Peter Charles) Remondino

render personal sendee
The chiefs, refusing to render personal sendee and tribute, headed a rebellion in which several Spaniards were slain.
— from The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

reputation produced so
Yet the character in which Lablache himself, and not Lablache's reputation, produced so favourable an impression on this writer—not very favourably impressed by any singers, or any music towards the close of his life—was "Assur" in Semiramide!
— from History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time With Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe by H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland) Edwards

remains practically such
From that time Egypt made no further increase towards the north, and her coast remains practically such as it was thousands of years ago:
— from History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

right place should
To put the right man in the right place should be one of the chief aims of education; but for a student to find that he is on the wrong track and that he had better change to another, is very different from becoming discouraged.
— from How to Study by George Fillmore Swain

remarked Padre Sibyla
Second, if the petrified animals that I have seen in various European museums may not have been the victims of some antediluvian saint?” The tone in which the jeweler spoke was so serious, while he rested his forehead on the tip of his forefinger in an attitude of deep meditation, that Padre Camorra responded very gravely, “Who knows, who knows?” “Since we’re busy with legends and are now entering the lake,” remarked Padre Sibyla, “the captain must know many—” At that moment the steamer crossed the bar and the panorama spread out before their eyes was so truly magnificent that all were impressed.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal


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