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say nothing of the Roman and Greek
On the other hand, I suppose there is no Protestant sect within the pale of orthodoxy, to say nothing of the Roman and Greek Churches, which would hesitate to declare the practice of circumcision and the observance of the Jewish Sabbath and dietary rules, shockingly heretical.
— from Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

swear nothing of the radiance and glory
And as with a perfect old age, so here, the colour and the light ebb so gradually out of things that you could swear nothing of the radiance and glory gone up to the very moment before the dark.
— from Letters from America by Rupert Brooke

say nothing of the Roman and Greek
On the other hand, I suppose there is no Protestant sect within the pale of orthodoxy, to say nothing of the Roman and Greek Churches, which would hesitate to declare the practice of circumcision and the Page 432 {432} observance of the Jewish Sabbath and dietary rules, shockingly heretical.
— from Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Thomas Henry Huxley

say nothing of the Roman and Greek
On the other hand I suppose there is no Protestant sect within the pale of orthodoxy, to say nothing of the Roman and Greek Churches, which would hesitate to declare the practice of circumcision and the observance of the Jewish Sabbath and dietary rules, shockingly heretical.
— from Lectures and Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

strong nest of twigs roots and grass
They breed abundantly throughout the western parts of California, and construct a large and strong nest of twigs, roots, and grass.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

Summer Night on the Rhine and Galileo
Among the other relics of antiquity, is Cheopetra with a little snake creeping over her bosom, Christ on the Cross surrounded by Mary and the Apostles, Madonna in an arbor of roses, Lions Fighting, Mourning Jews, Summer Night on the Rhine, and Galileo in Prison, deserve special notice among the hundreds of other admirable paintings.
— from The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, Italy, and Egypt, Adapted to the Wants of Young Americans Taking Their First Glimpses at the Old World by George H. Heffner


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