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sale of novelties notions and refreshments
The ball room at the Waldorf had been secured and many splendid booths were to be erected for the sale of novelties, notions and refreshments.
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

sacrifice of nobler name And richer
But Christ the heavenly Lamb Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name And richer blood than they.
— from Hymns and Spiritual Songs by Isaac Watts

Samoa one need not always rely
In travelling in Samoa one need not always rely upon native hospitality.
— from By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Louis Becke

subjugation of numerous nations and races
The climax of such empty claims to conquests which had never been made was reached at Kom Ombo, where Ptolemy Lathyrus, a prince who, instead of gaining fresh territory, lost what he had inherited, is credited with the subjugation of numerous nations and races, many of whom, like the Hittites, had long before vanished from the page of history.
— from Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

sacrifice of nobler name and richer
God was shut in from man, and man was shut out from God; nor could "the blood of bulls and goats" open a permanent meeting-place; "a sacrifice of nobler name and richer blood" was needed to accomplish this.
— from Notes on the Book of Leviticus by Charles Henry Mackintosh

sacrifice of nobler name And richer
No more are offered the sin-offerings of the law of Moses:— "But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name, And richer blood, than they."
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus by Samuel H. (Samuel Henry) Kellogg

sacrifice of nobler name And richer
But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name, And richer blood than they.
— from The Otterbein Hymnal For Use in Public and Social Worship by Edmund S. (Edmund Simon) Lorenz


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