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usage nor in my opinion
But this use of the terms is neither in agreement with traditional usage nor, in my opinion, suitable for the purpose of scientific classification.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

until now I may only
I am a practical doctor, although until now I may only have cured few sick; but in the same illnesses I should not prescribe the same remedies to all constitutions.
— from Withered Leaves: A Novel. Vol. I. (of III) by Rudolf von Gottschall

unpunished notwithstanding I made oath
Thirdly, these crimes still go unpunished, notwithstanding I made oath before the Honorable Judge Ryland, then Circuit Judge of that district, to the foregoing outrages; and I also applied in person to His Excellency Daniel Dunklin, then Governor of the state, for redress and protection, and a restoration of myself and about 1,200 of my fellow-sufferers, to our rights—but all in vain.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

used now in most of
Some writers omit the ue and probably after a while we will drop this silent ue , but you will find it used now in most of your reading.
— from Plain English by Marian Wharton

unnatural Neroes in mine own
“And indeed,” said the venerable compiler, “as, praised be God, we seldom meet in Scotland with these belly-gods and voluptuaries, whilk are unnatural enough to devour their patrimony bequeathed to them by their forbears in chambering and wantonness, so that they come, with the prodigal son, to the husks and the swine-trough; and as I have the less to dreid the existence of such unnatural Neroes in mine own family to devour the substance of their own house like brute beasts out of mere gluttonie and Epicurishnesse, so I need only warn mine descendants against over-hastily meddling with the mutations in state and in religion, which have been near-hand to the bringing this poor house of Croftangry to perdition, as we have shown more than once.
— from Chronicles of the Canongate, 1st Series by Walter Scott

urge nothing in my own
I will urge nothing in my own behalf.
— from Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern

up now inquired Mary of
“What’s up now?” inquired Mary of herself as she hastened downstairs in obedience to the order; “is she going to make a will and leave a lot of money to that pretty Miss Kemper?
— from Signing the Contract, and What It Cost by Martha Finley

usual name is Mitanni or
In one of the Tel el-Amarna tablets the country is called Nahrima, but its usual name is Mitanni or Mitanna.
— from Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

understood not in matters of
According to Janus , a "great and searching reformation of the church is necessary;" and, let it be understood, not in matters of discipline, which can vary, but in matters of faith—yes!
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

under Northwich is made of
The pie under Northwich is made of rock salt, and on the top of the salt is a large amount of juice (or brine), and over it is the earth's crust.
— from The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various


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