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returned under good escort
There, with the utmost delight, they enjoyed the first-fruits of their love and a few days after, they took horse with the lady and returned, under good escort, to Rome, where she found Pietro's kinsfolk sore incensed at that which he had done, but contrived to make his peace with them, and he lived with his Agnolella in all peace and pleasance to a good old age."
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

rebel unto God etc
91 May you go wide (of me) as the Seven Tiers of Heaven, May you go wide (of me) as the Seven Tiers of Earth; If you do not go wide, You shall be a rebel unto God,” etc.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

rebels unto God etc
Or ye shall be rebels unto God, etc.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

rebel unto God etc
“If it be not better You shall be a rebel unto God,” etc. 184 [ 216 ]
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

race under Government encouragement
The education of the colored race under Government encouragement is proceeding successfully and ought to have continuing support.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

r u gg e
R ou nd th e r ou gh a nd r u gg e d r o cks th e r a gg e d r a sc a l r a n .
— from Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles of Rhetorical Reading; with Numerous Exercises for Practice, Both in Prose and Poetry, Various in Style, and Carefully Adapted to the Purposes of Teaching in Schools of Every Grade by Charles W. (Charles Walton) Sanders

red under gold edges
Smooth roan, limp, red or gilt edges, Rutland roan gilt, red under gold edges, 7 s. 6.
— from Peter's Rock in Mohammed's Flood, from St. Gregory the Great to St. Leo III by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

remained unopened gave evidence
For two months he had depended almost entirely upon his young hostess for companionship, and the fact that the large box of books he had ordered from the city remained unopened, gave evidence that the Doctor had not been bored.
— from A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

red under gold edges
Bound in FRENCH SEAL, round corners, red under gold edges, extra grained lining, specially sewed to produce absolute flexibility and great durability.
— from Our Fellows; Or, Skirmishes with the Swamp Dragoons by Harry Castlemon

red under gold edges
Cloth, black and gold, red edges, 75 cents; cloth, black and gold, gilt edges, $1.00; French morocco, red under gold edges, $1.50; limp Russia, inlaid cross, red under gold edges, $2.50; limp Russia, solid gilt edges, box circuit, $3.00; limp calf, red under gold edges, $2.50; limp calf, solid gilt edges, box circuit, $3.00.
— from The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer With Sketches of Simon Kenton, Lewis Wetzel, and Other Leaders in the Settlement of the West by Edward Sylvester Ellis

red under gold edges
THE FLEXIBLE MOROCCO STYLE “ HURLBUT’S STORY OF THE BIBLE ” can be obtained in FLEXIBLE MOROCCO BINDING with red under gold edges.
— from Our Fellows; Or, Skirmishes with the Swamp Dragoons by Harry Castlemon

rem ut gesta est
Dani pugiles sibi oblatum respuebant, cum regem suum eo frustrari intelligerent, reversique rem, ut gesta est, exponunt.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

religions upon Greece Especially
Influence of foreign religions upon Greece — Especially in regard to the worship of Dêmêtêr and Dionysos. — Purification for homicide unknown to Homer. —
— from History of Greece, Volume 01 (of 12) by George Grote

rat usually gains entrance
The rat usually gains entrance by gnawing through the natural partitions between the bamboo sections near the outer end of the pole.
— from Plague Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension, Its Menace, Its Control and Suppression, Its Diagnosis and Treatment by Thomas Wright Jackson


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