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see Cicero contra Verrem iii
And see Cicero, contra Verrem, iii. 46, 47.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE Velut inter
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I E-text prepared by Charles Franks, Keith Edkins, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team SPENSER'S THE FAERIE QUEENE BOOK I EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEORGE ARMSTRONG WAUCHOPE, M.A., Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE Velut inter ignes luna minores New York The MacMillan Company London: MacMillan & CO., LTD.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

saffroned chaperoones came vp is
Yellow starch must have come into fashion not long before this play was acted, for in the Owle’s Allmanacke , published in 1618, it is said: ‘Since yellow bandes and saffroned chaperoones came vp, is not above two yeeres past.’
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

soprano Calvary Church Valerga Ida
Anna, prima donna, soprano Blake, Margaret M., mezzo-contralto Beutler, Clara, soprano Beutler, Ida, mezzo Beutler, Emma, contralto Bateman Sisters, in 1854 Bowden, Mrs. Anna Shattuck, soprano Buthen, Mrs., soprano (St. Patrick's) Carusi, Inez, soprano Cowen, Safa Tate, soprano Campbell, Mrs. Marriner, coloratura soprano Chisolm, Mrs., contralto Cameron, Mrs. soprano Escott, Lucy, prima donna, soprano Elzer, Anna, prima donna, contralto Fabri, Inez, prima donna, soprano Gerster, Etelka, prima donna soprano Galton, Susan, lyric soprano Gould, Susan, contralto Howard, Etna, soprano Keen, Laura, soprano Little, Sarah Watkins, soprano (1864) Leach, Georgiana, soprano Lester, Louisa, soprano Mills, Louisa, prima donna, soprano Melville, Emily, prima donna, soprano Menans, Madam, soprano (St. Patrick's) Moore, Hattie, soprano (opera) Mohrig, Ida Semminaro, mezzo-soprano Northrup, Elizabeth, mezzo-soprano Neilson, Alice, soprano (opera) Orlandini, Gabriela, soprano (opera) Parker, Elizabeth, soprano Pierce, Mrs. J.M., soprano Rightmire, Sallie, contralto Rosewald, Julia, prima donna soprano (opera) Shattuck, Anna B., soprano Sconcia, Madame, soprano Stone, Kate, contralto Schultz, Susan, soprano States, Agatha, soprano Taylor, Mrs., soprano (St. Patrick's) Tourney, Louisa, soprano (St. Patrick's) Thursby, Louisa, prima donna, soprano Uhrig, Mrs., soprano (St. Patrick's) Van Brunt, Mrs. R.A., soprano , (Calvary Church) Valerga, Ida, mezzo-soprano (opera) Wilson, Alice, soprano Wetherbee, Nellie, mezzo-soprano Williams, Mrs. Barney, soprano Young, Mrs. soprano (St. Patrick's)
— from Sixty Years of California Song by Margaret Blake Alverson

Springs Clover Creek Vashon Island
Parkland, Fawcett Lake, Melville Springs, Clover Creek. Vashon Island Points; Bay Island points on Fox, McNeils, Anderson and other islands.
— from The Beauties of the State of Washington: A Book for Tourists by Harry F. Giles

SALAD Cut cold veal in
VEAL SALAD Cut cold veal in half-inch slices, season with two tablespoons of vinegar, pinch of salt and pepper.
— from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

south causes considerable variation in
Any change to the south, causes considerable variation in the temperature of the atmosphere.
— from Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat In the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4 by Edmund Roberts

single clear commanding voice is
When for a moment there is silence, a single, clear, commanding voice is heard, "Long live Frederick the Great!"
— from Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

speculation creates considerable variety in
The love of discussion and speculation creates considerable variety in practice and almost unlimited variety in creed and theory.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

sheep calf c varying in
Including Supplement, bound in cloth, sheep, calf, &c., varying in Price from $10 to $15.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft


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