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Strategic Coquetry CHAPTER XXXVIII
Buckstone and Laura’s Strategic Coquetry CHAPTER XXXVIII Reception Day in Washington—Laura Again Meets Col. Selby and the Effect Upon Her CHAPTER XXXIX Col. Selby Visits Laura and Effects a Reconciliation CHAPTER XL Col. Sellers’ Career in Washington—Laura’s Intimacy With Col. Selby is Talked About CHAPTER XLI
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

SAME COUNSEL CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XIX — THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE CHAPTER XX — OF THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION CHAPTER XXI — THAT THE PROFIT OF ONE MAN IS THE DAMAGE OF ANOTHER CHAPTER XXII — OF CUSTOM; WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVED CHAPTER XXIII — VARIOUS EVENTS FROM THE SAME COUNSEL CHAPTER XXIV — OF PEDANTRY CHAPTER XXV — OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN CHAPTER XXVI — FOLLY TO MEASURE TRUTH AND ERROR BY OUR OWN CAPACITY CHAPTER XXVII — OF FRIENDSHIP CHAPTER XXVIII —
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

said confirms Chapter XVI
What we have just said confirms Chapter XVI, and makes it clear that the institution of government is not a contract, but a law; that the depositaries of the executive power are not the people's masters, but its officers; that it can set them up and pull them down when it likes; that for them there is no question of contract, but of obedience; and that in taking charge of the functions the State imposes on them they are doing no more than fulfilling their duty as citizens, without having the remotest right to argue about the conditions.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

subsequent chapters Chapter XIV
All these technicalities of Kula exchange will become clearer in one of the subsequent chapters ( Chapter XIV ).
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

SAVIORS CRUCIFIED CHAPTER XVII
SIXTEEN SAVIORS CRUCIFIED CHAPTER XVII.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

successively CALIGULA c xix
Note 823 ( return ) [ We have had Suetonius’s reminiscences, derived through his grandfather and father successively, CALIGULA, c. xix.; OTHO,
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

See CALIGULA c xxi
Note 826 ( return ) [ See CALIGULA, c. xxi., where the rest of the line is quoted; eis koiranos esto.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

States Currency code XOF
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States Currency code: XOF Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 699.21 (January 2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996); note - from 1 January 1999, the XOF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF per euro Fiscal year: calendar year Benin Communications Telephones - main lines in use: 36,000 (1997) Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,295 (1997)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

States Currency code XOF
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States Currency code: XOF Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 696.99 (2002), 733.04 (2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.7 (1999), 589.95 (1998)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

SKELETON CAVE CHAPTER XXV
BUILD A CANOE CHAPTER XI THE MAIN CHAPTER XII BENEATH THE WALLS CHAPTER XIII THE TAKING OF FORT AGUILA CHAPTER XIV VAE VICTIS CHAPTER XV A LONG CHASE CHAPTER XVI JAN BIDDLE, MASTER CHAPTER XVII THE DEMI-CULVERIN CHAPTER XVIII JUAN THE MAROON CHAPTER XIX DRAKE'S CAMP CHAPTER XX A RAID THROUGH THE FOREST CHAPTER XXI MAIDEN ISLE AGAIN CHAPTER XXII A FIGHT ON THE CLIFFS CHAPTER XXIII BOMBARDED CHAPTER XXIV THE LEAGUER OF SKELETON CAVE CHAPTER XXV THE MULE TRAINS CONCLUSION LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "The Spaniard swung round" Frontispiece .
— from With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

Stamford Cottage CHAPTER XX
At Stamford Cottage CHAPTER XX.
— from An Algonquin Maiden: A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada by G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam

SAME CONTINUED CHAPTER XXI
THE SAME, CONTINUED, CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS, CHAPTER XXII.
— from The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. by Hugh Quigley


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