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SYN Censure criticism animadversion

SYN: Censure, criticism, animadversion, reprobation, dispraise, blame, reprehension.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

said Caw caw and

because he thought that many tears would be shed because of this; but the crow said, "Caw, caw," and that all would pass off peaceably.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

supposed confederacies contains about

This idea admits not of precise demonstration, because there is no rule by which we can measure the momentum of civil power necessary to the government of any given number of individuals; but when we consider that the island of Britain, nearly commensurate with each of the supposed confederacies, contains about eight millions of people, and when we reflect upon the degree of authority required to direct the passions of so large a society to the public good, we shall see no reason to doubt that the like portion of power would be sufficient to perform the same task in a society far more numerous.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

shall children clever as

If our neighbour's brat can in a few years be made an F A' (First Arts—she used the English word, of which she had heard so often), 'how much more shall children clever as some that I know bear away prizes at rich Calcutta.' 'Never,' said the voice, 'have I seen such a child!
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

scarce could come away

This I can say, nor fear to lie, That he was wounded grievously— So wounded in this bloody strife, He scarce could come away with life.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

street called Carinae at

Note 317 ( return ) [ The street called Carinae, at Rome, has been mentioned before; AUGUSTUS, c. v.; and also Mecaenas’ house on the Esquiline, ib. c. lxxii.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

skin changed colour and

True enough—I faint even as I write it in the living presence of that terrible recollection—she was shrivelling up; the golden snake that had encircled her gracious form slipped over her hips and to the ground; smaller and smaller she grew; her skin changed colour, and in place of the perfect whiteness of its lustre it turned dirty brown and yellow, like an piece of withered parchment.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

S C course and

I have done housework for some time at seventy-five cents per week, buying my own clothes; so I said to myself I will save enough of my wages to purchase the books in the C. L. S. C. course, and I have succeeded.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, April 1883 by Chautauqua Institution

seed cassia cloves and

From orris root, 1 lb.; coriander seed, 6 oz.; mace and violet ebony, of each 2 oz.; musk seed, cassia, cloves, and sandal wood, of each 1 oz.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

some colored calico and

He had purchased at Burksville some colored calico and articles of female clothing, and fastened the parcel to the back of his saddle.
— from With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Sahara coaxial cable and

73 usable: 64 with permanent-surface runways: 26 with runways over 3,659 m: 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 13 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 25 Telecommunications: good system composed of wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; principal centers are Casablanca and Rabat; secondary centers are Fes, Marrakech, Oujda, Tangier, and Tetouan; 280,000 telephones (10.5 telephones per 1,000 persons); broadcast stations - 20 AM, 7 FM, 26 TV and 26 repeaters; 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 ARABSAT; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave to Algeria; microwave radio relay network linking Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco @Morocco, Defense Forces Branches: Royal Moroccan Army, Royal Moroccan Navy, Royal Moroccan Air Force, Royal Gendarmerie, Auxiliary Forces Manpower availability: males age 15-49 7,076,261; fit for military service 4,494,641; reach military age (18) annually 317,093 (1994 est.)
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

she could command a

Ada thanked him with a sweet smile for the chair which he had judiciously placed on the starboard side of the poop, and looking partly aft, so that she could command a full view of the harbour, where the Ione lay, and of the fortifications of Valetta.
— from The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston

shoulder Confederate cap and

'Except this—are you ever going to?' "All this time that bright-colored head of hers was on my shoulder, Confederate cap and all, and I was afraid of my life to stir, for fear she'd take it away.
— from The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

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