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they are rendered Ees El

Sometimes we meet with these terms reversed; and, instead of El Ees, they are rendered Ees El: hence we have places named Azilis, Azila, Asyla, contracted Zelis, Zela, Zeleia, Zelitis; also Sele, Sela, Sala, Salis, Sillas, Silis, Soli.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

they all return every evening

They all go away to the other side of the ocean every morning in search of provisions; and they all return every evening before dusk.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

turn and received equally explicit

All these questions were minutely answered by Odin, who, when Vafthrudnir had ended, began the interrogatory in his turn, and received equally explicit answers about the origin of heaven and earth, the creation of the gods, their quarrel with the Vanas, the occupations of the heroes in Valhalla, the offices of the Norns, and the rulers who were to replace the Æsir when they had all perished with the world they had created.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Tippelskirch all receive every evening

62 Schadow, Bendeman, Bunsen, Tippelskirch, all receive every evening; in short I have no lack of acquaintances, but I should like to know some Italians also.
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

that a room empty except

His large, rather flamboyant person, his big white face and curling brown beard, his loud voice and his falsetto laugh, his absolutely certain opinions, above all the fervency of his consciousness of being Lord Ashbridge and all which that implied, completely filled any place he happened to be in, so that a room empty except for him gave the impression of being almost uncomfortably crowded.
— from Michael by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

There are real evils enough

There are real evils enough, without your adding to them by those of a disordered fancy.
— from Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

they are removed entirely each

But before they are removed entirely, each legislature should have full opportunity to take over, within its own State, responsibility for this function.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

to a really epigrammatic ending

This brought the council of war to a really epigrammatic ending, and Lady Dover rose with her customary speech.
— from The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

third and revised edition edited

A group of students is comparing the original edition with the "third and revised edition," edited by Annie Besant and G. R. S. Mead, after the author's death....
— from H. P. Blavatsky; A Great Betrayal by Alice Leighton Cleather

teaching and ruling elders elected

The general assembly is the highest judicatory in the Presbyterian church, and is constituted by an equal number of teaching and ruling elders, elected by each presbytery annually, and specially commissioned to deliberate, vote, and determine, in all matters which may come before that body.
— from The Book of Religions Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical Sketches by John Hayward

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