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Tufte of Racine County and

In 1854 Dahle married Betsey Nelson, daughter of Hermo N. Tufte of Racine County, and sister of the well-known lay evangelist, Elling Eielson.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

treatment of royal captives any

After a signal victory over the Franks and Alemanni, several of their princes were exposed by his order to the wild beasts in the amphitheatre of Treves, and the people seem to have enjoyed the spectacle, without discovering, in such a treatment of royal captives, any thing that was repugnant to the laws of nations or of humanity.
— 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

that of Rome collected a

Almost at the same period, the bishop of Carthage, from a society less opulent than that of Rome, collected a hundred thousand sesterces, (above eight hundred and fifty pounds sterling,) on a sudden call of charity to redeem the brethren of Numidia, who had been carried away captives by the barbarians of the desert.
— 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

troop of Roman catholics appeared

These were, however, one day watched, by which the cave was discovered, and soon after, a troop of Roman catholics appeared before it.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

them over rocks c as

A fine morning Sent Six men out to hunt Deer, and Collect rozin to pitch the Canoes which has become verry leakey, by frequently hauling them over rocks &c as well Striking rocks frequently in passing down.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

threats of ruin close at

It steals towards the strand.— Whose is that voice profound Which mourns the swallowed land, With moans, Or groans, New threats of ruin close at hand?
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

the old Roman city and

It is quite possible to build up in imagination the old Roman city, and to depict before our mind’s eye the scenes that once took place where now the rustics toil and till the ground.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

tassels of rich color and

s and tassels of rich color and the perfection of human handicraft as to fineness and finish.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

to our respective corps and

We were all granted the usual furlough of three months, and parted for our homes, there to await assignment to our respective corps and regiments.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

the other rendering command and

They were still a graduated Hierarchy of Authorities, or the accredited Similitude of such: they sat there, uniting King with Commonalty; transmitting and translating gradually, from degree to degree, the command of the one into the obedience of the other; rendering command and obedience still possible.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

the October Revolution came and

Those of our members who happened to be in Russia when the October Revolution came (and there were thousands of them) were all found in the Bolshevist army.
— from The Red Conspiracy by Joseph J. Mereto

the operation remains clear and

The last bulb, which serves as a check to control the operation, remains clear, and proves that no binoxide of barium is formed.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various

train of religious civil and

He was at the head of a splendid train of religious, civil and military men, mingled together, or, as the old ballad maker expresses it, “With many a cross bearer before,
— from Quentin Durward by Walter Scott

The other rooms contain a

The other rooms contain a varied collection of porcelain, embroidery, wood and ivory carving, and prints.
— from An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Explanations of the Architecture, Sculpture and Mural Paintings, With a Guide for Study in the Art Gallery by Sheldon Cheney

those of Robinson Crusoe and

Be that as it will, I scorned to prostitute my pen in the manner proposed, and carried my papers to a third, who assured me that poetry was entirely out of his way; and asked me if I had got never a piece of secret history, thrown into a series of letters, or a volume of adventures, such as those of Robinson Crusoe, and Colonel Jack, or a collection of Conundrums, wherewith to entertain the plantations.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

the other range cafés and

On one side stands a mosque, with its tall minaret; on the other, range cafés and restaurants, and magazins de mode, with their lofty fronts, arcades, and balconies.
— from Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester

this oft repeated case are

So that in point of fact, Mr. Thompson's whole statements, touching this oft repeated case, are all purely gratuitous.
— from Discussion on American Slavery by Robert J. (Robert Jefferson) Breckinridge

type of racing craft afloat

Perhaps the biggest event upon the programme is to be the International Regatta scheduled for August 1st to 31st, an event intended to bring into competition practically every type of racing craft afloat.
— from The Jewel City by Ben Macomber

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