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S2 publice imp
Publisshen , v. to make public, PP, C2; puplische , W (Mt. 1. 19); pupplische , S2; publice , imp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Sir Percival if
And presently after came the yeoman back in haste, and asked Sir Percival if he had seen a knight riding his horse.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Some person is
Some person is concealed in the box during the whole time of exhibiting the interior.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Sanskrit Poetry ibid
Lanman, The Milk-drinking Haṅsas of Sanskrit Poetry , ibid.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

some persons in
Christians, like M. Guizot and ourselves, will see some things, and some persons, in a different light from the historian of the Decline and Fall.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

sundry places in
They grow in sundry places in this land, as half a mile from Hatfield, by the river side, under a hedge as you go to Hatfield, and in the street of Peckham on Surrey side.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

State Papers is
But I broke up before the dinner half over and by water to the Harp and Ball, and thence had Mary meet me at the New Exchange, and there took coach and I with great pleasure took the ayre to Highgate, and thence to Hampstead, much pleased with her company, pretty and innocent, and had what pleasure almost I would with her, and so at night, weary and sweaty, it being very hot beyond bearing, we back again, and I set her down in St. Martin’s Lane, and so I to the evening ‘Change, and there hear all the towne full that Ostend is delivered to us, and that Alderman Backewell [Among the State Papers is a letter from the king to the Lord General (dated August 8th, 1665): “Alderman Backwell being in great straits for the second payment he has to make for the service in Flanders, as much tin is to be transmitted to him as will raise the sum.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

second place in
Meanwhile Hippocrates got the young Hieronymus entirely into his hands: and at first fired his imagination by telling him of Hannibal’s marches and pitched battles in Italy; and afterwards by repeating to him that no one had a better right to the government of all Siceliots than he; in the first place as the son of Nereis daughter of Pyrrhus, the only man whom all Siceliots alike had accepted deliberately and with full assent as their leader and king; and in the second place in virtue of his grandfather Hiero’s sovereign rights.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

solemnly puffed it
After this Goddard’s pipe and what remained of his tobacco was brought forth, and De Gourgues, lighting it, himself passed it to Satouriona, who solemnly puffed it and handed it to his neighbor.
— from In Search of Mademoiselle by George Gibbs

same passions in
It is mere sentiment that ascribes to those of a child a higher source than the same passions in the [Pg 104] dog—the dog could have loved or feared another master just as well; and filial love or fear would have reached out its tendrils just as far with all the ties of kindred blood removed.
— from The Speech of Monkeys by R. L. (Richard Lynch) Garner

she pleased in
Then came the particulars of freehold and copyhold, purchase or lease, repair or disrepair, of which Henrietta knew nothing, and cared less; she knew that her mamma was considered a great heiress, and trusted to her wealth for putting all she pleased in her power: but it was rather alarming to recollect that Uncle Geoffrey would consider it right to make the best terms he could, and that the house might be lost to them while they were bargaining for it.
— from Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Service Providers ISPs
Internet hosts: 1,108 (2006) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

several points in
But there was that in him or in his manner, which invariably created confidence in his ability, or fear of it, even in strangers; and how much more in her who had a childish but very clear recollection of several points in his character which confirmed the feeling.
— from Queechy, Volume II by Susan Warner

splendid place in
And now she will be Lady Annie Knottingley, and my wife might have been her best friend, and we might have lived, almost, at that splendid place in Berks—and the children——" There was no more miserable creature in London that day than the Count's brother; and he considered himself an injured, ill-used, and virtuous man.
— from In Silk Attire: A Novel by William Black

States placed in
In case they would not, the State governments should be removed and the States placed in the hands of general officers of the army as military governors, who should see that the States were reorganized and restored to the Union under the laws.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet


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