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See Appendix xii doc
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— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

Sanctum Albanum xxij die
Teste H. de Burgo Justiciario nostro apud Sanctum Albanum xxij die Maii.
— from Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals by Alfred Marks

SALSOLA AUSTRALIS XEROTES DECOMPOSITA
A NYSSANTHES, apparently undescribed; SWAINSONA CORONILLOEFOLIA; a small variety of SALSOLA AUSTRALIS; XEROTES DECOMPOSITA, a hard-leaved, sedgy plant; a fine LEUCOPOGON, with unilateral flowers; and another species with yellowish blossoms, both perhaps new.
— from Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia, in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by T. L. (Thomas Livingstone) Mitchell

Spain Alphonso XII died
The King of Spain , Alphonso XII., died at his palace in Madrid, on the morning of the 25th of November, in his 28th year.
— from Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various

such as Xenophon describes
Most modern travellers attest the existence, in these regions, of honey intoxicating and poisonous, such as Xenophon describes.
— from History of Greece, Volume 09 (of 12) by George Grote

Socrates as Xenophon describes
Socrates, as Xenophon describes him, goes no farther as a teacher than to impress the principles of conduct as they were generally accepted by good men of the time, with peculiar persuasiveness.
— from The Chief End of Man by George Spring Merriam

simply affirming Xenophon does
Next, φάσκων while it sometimes means pretending , sometimes also means simply affirming : Xenophon does not guarantee the matter affirmed, but neither does he pronounce it to be false.
— from History of Greece, Volume 08 (of 12) by George Grote

south and Xerxes did
The Greek dominions lay further south, and Xerxes did not anticipate any opposition from the enemy, until his army, after crossing the strait, should have advanced to the neighborhood of Athens.
— from Xerxes Makers of History by Jacob Abbott


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