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such towns as Rakka Karkesia and

It is argued that if, in the twelfth century, the Euphrates valley boasted such towns as Rakka, Karkesia, and Balis, such towns may exist again, and that a railway carried by that route to Bagdad, would surely revive the ancient wealth of a naturally wealthy district.
— from A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race. Vol. 2 [of 2] A Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir, and "our Persian Campaign." by Blunt, Anne, Lady

seen together and Rupert keeping about

They went out separate, as the manager said it would be better for them not to be seen together, and Rupert, keeping about a dozen yards behind, follered 'im down the Mile End Road.
— from Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection) by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

spoken than a rousing knock and

" No sooner were the words spoken than a rousing knock and ring startled the silence, and a bandbox appeared covered with brilliant red letters spelling, "This side up with care," and several other phrases with the same meaning.
— from Who Spoke Next by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

side three as ripe knaves as

At the signal three men sprang up like magic out of the bowels of the boat beneath them, and scurried over the side; three as ripe knaves as ever cheated stocks and gallows, but simple knaves, unlike their master.
— from Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Complete by Gilbert Parker

Spirit to a right knowledge and

183, 184), “that the Scriptures contain many things that are hard to be understood; that they require diligent study; that all men need the guidance of the Holy Spirit to a right knowledge and true faith.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 14, October 1871-March 1872 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

same time another road known as

At the same time, another road, known as the Oregon Short Line Railroad, was built from Granger, Wyoming, on the line of the Union Pacific to a junction with the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company at Huntington, Oregon, on the Snake River.
— from The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States by John Moody

so the advertisement ran known as

And indeed I never was quite clear as to why, at the tender and guileless age of twelve, I was abruptly sent away from my native village of Brownstroke, to that select and popular “Academy for Backward and Troublesome Young Gentlemen,” (so the advertisement ran), known as Stonebridge House, in the neighbourhood of Cliffshire.
— from My Friend Smith: A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed

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