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speaking II xvi those
I say, first, it is an association of those ideas only, which involve the nature of things outside the human body: not of ideas which answer to the nature of the said things: ideas of the modifications of the human body are, strictly speaking (II. xvi.), those which involve the nature both of the human body and of external bodies.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

settle in Xauxa they
[29] CHAPTER III While leading a new colony of Spaniards to settle in Xauxa, they receive news of the death of Guaritico, [13] brother of Atahualpa.
— from An Account of the Conquest of Peru by Pedro Sancho

subject is xiii that
A cognate subject is [xiii] that of old dates and inscriptions, suggestive as they are of the former ownership of property, of changes in the names of streets, sometimes even giving us glimpses of family history; as in the inscription to Denzil Lord Holles.
— from London Signs and Inscriptions by Philip Norman

s Invitation XV Three
XIII Uninvited Guests XIV The Squatter's Invitation XV Three Hundred Miles in the Train XVI Yarrahappini XVII Cattle-Drafting at Yarrahappini XVIII The Picnic at Krangi-Bahtoo XIX A Pale-Blue Hair Ribbon XX Little Judy XXI When the Sun Went Down XXII And Last To
— from Seven Little Australians by Ethel Sybil Turner

S I X Two
SIX IX XL IX X L —— —— —— S I X Two-thirds of six is nine, one-half of twelve is seven, the half of five is four, and six is half of eleven.
— from Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles Containing one thousand of the latest and best conundrums, gathered from every conceivable source, and comprising many that are entirely new and original by Dean Rivers

saw in Xaxaguana the
But although Huanacocha believed that he saw in Xaxaguana the “friend in need” for whom he had been so anxiously casting about, he was still much too uneasy to sleep, and he was up and about with the appearance of the first faint suggestion of dawn, too anxious to remain inactive any longer, yet fully conscious of the fact that the hour was altogether too early for him to seek his friend without running a very grave risk of attracting unwelcome attention by so unusual a proceeding.
— from Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Harry Collingwood

submit it xliv to
Where I only offer a Conjecture, and do not disturb the Text, I fairly set forth my Grounds for such Conjecture, and submit it xliv to Judgment.
— from Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) by Mr. (Lewis) Theobald

Samuel I xcvi Thomas
Danforth, Samuel, I, xcvi; Thomas, ii, 109 ; iii, 15; Judge, 125; Services, 126; admonishes Mrs. Daston, 128.
— from The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 2 of 3) by Robert Calef

studied in xiii the
"Reynolde Scot, a younger son of Sir John Scot, of Scot's Hall, near to Smeeth, in Kent, by his wife, daughter of Reynolde Pimp, of Pimp's Court, Knight, was born in that county, and at about 17 years of age was sent to Oxon, particularly as it seems to Hart Hall, where several of his countrymen and name studied in [xiii] the latter end of K. Henry VIII.
— from Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, active 1612-1618

sway i xxix their
; Oddantonio — their judicious sway, i, xxix — their early biographers, i, xxx , xxxii — Lives of , i, 449 — devices and mottoes of, i, 443 ; ii, 422 — patrons of art, iii, 345 Urbino, legation of, i, 3 Urbino MSS., i, xxx et passim Urbino, palace of, ii, 99 ; iii, 351 , 353 — when begun, i, 154 — descriptions of, i, 154 , 159-62 — architects of, i, 155 -7; ii, 211 , 212 — frieze of, i, 158 — library of, i, 162-9 ; ii, 33 , 144 — — removed to the Vatican, iii, 242 , 245 — librarians of, i, 167-9 — cost of library of, i, 168 — illuminated MSS.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630 by James Dennistoun


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