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See vi xix
See vi. , xix.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

strictly via Xnet
I accessed it strictly via Xnet, hopping from one neighbor's Internet connection to the next, staying anonymous --
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

same V xxvii
pleasure, if we may still use that term, accompanied by the idea of itself, and, in so far as it is referred to the mind, it is the same (V. xxvii.).
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

Society vol xviii
From Journal of Royal Asiatic Society , vol. xviii., p. 892, plate ii.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

scalpel VI xxiv
‘If there be a fleshy excrescence it may be excised with a pterygium knife or the polypus scalpel’ (VI. xxiv).
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

satin vest XXXIII
Portraits are to daily faces As an evening west To a fine, pedantic sunshine In a satin vest. XXXIII.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

says VI xxi
He says (VI. xxi) that if from timidity the patient decline excision of the uvula, we are to take the caustic used for operations on the eyelids, or some such caustic, and fill with it the hollows of the caustic holder for the uvula (τοῦ σταφυλοκαύστου τὰς κοιλότητας), and directing the patient to gape wide, and getting the tongue pressed down with a tongue depressor, we open the instrument sufficiently
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

Scientia Vol XVIII
Scientia , Vol. XVIII, (Sept., 1915), pp. 192-201.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Society Vol XVII
[5] In Baron A. E. Nordenskjöld's review of the Danish edition of this work on Bering in the Journal of the American Geographical Society , Vol. XVII., p. 290, he says: "In Barents' map of 1598 there is not, as Mr. Lauridsen seems to suppose, anything original as to the delineation of the northern coast of Asia and the relative situation of Asia and America.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

suppositum visum Xylandro
Quare autem opusculum hoc Plutarcho indignum atque suppositum visum Xylandro fuerit, non intelligo.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

series vol xvi
Mr. Cust’s paper is printed in the Society’s Proceedings , second series, vol. xvi.
— from A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

Science Vol XIX
Science , Vol. XIX .
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

statue V xxv
V. xxv. 18 , 19 ; one of the older gods, V. xxv. 19 ; his double-faced statue, V. xxv. 20 , 21 Jerusalem, its capture by the Romans, V. xii.
— from Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. by Procopius

Society vol xv
Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,' vol. xv.
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

secured vi xiii
After describing, as above, the prerogatives of the Druids, Cæsar adds a few words to describe the nature of the sanctions by which obedience to their awards was secured:— vi. xiii.
— from Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law Being an Essay Supplemental to (1) 'The English Village Community', (2) 'The Tribal System in Wales' by Frederic Seebohm

Science vol XX
Science , vol. XX .
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour


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