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voyage and landed at Cæsarea
Agrippa also took this in a very obliging manner, and saluted him again, and embraced him in his arms; after which he went away from Lesbos; but the king determined to sail from Samos to his own country; and when he had taken his leave of Agrippa, he pursued his voyage, and landed at Cæsarea in a few days' time, as having favorable winds; from whence he went to Jerusalem, and there gathered all the people together to an assembly, not a few being there out of the country also.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

virtuous and lighted a cigar
"More shame to those who dispel 'em!" "Yes,—wait until he comes to pay his call on us, unexpectedly, of course—" Clifford looked virtuous and lighted a cigar.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Van Alen lighting a cigarette
With a backward flashing glance, she went into the kitchen, and Van Alen, lighting a cigarette, started to explore the old house.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

vain at length assume courage
Since then all Lopes of mercy are vain, at length assume courage, both you to whom safety and you to whom glory is dear.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

Virus Alert List and comp
ILINK has VIRUS-I. Usenet has bit.listserv.valert-l (Virus Alert List), and comp.virus .
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Vismar at Leipzig at Cassel
I traversed all Russia; I was a long time an inn-holder's servant at Riga, the same at Rostock, at Vismar, at Leipzig, at Cassel, at Utrecht, at Leyden, at the Hague, at Rotterdam.
— from Candide by Voltaire

Vulture and light and cheerful
A happy evening was that for at least one party in the George and Vulture; and light and cheerful were two of the hearts that emerged from its hospitable door next morning.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

verbis aut literis aut consensu
tit. i.—vi.,) and of Theophilus, (p. 616—837,) distinguish four sorts of obligations—aut re, aut verbis, aut literis aut consensu: but I confess myself partial to my own division.
— 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

vogue at last and ceased
However, even inquests went out of vogue at last, and ceased to torture Tom’s conscience.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

vociferated a loud and cheering
The Duke's praises were murmured through the warlike band; they shook their halberds, stamped their fire-arms clattering on the ground, the drummers prepared their drums and sticks to obey their general's orders in full vigour; and when Albert von Sturmfeder, the standard-bearer of Würtemberg, sprang forward, followed by Duke Ulerich, majestic as in the best days of his power, with bold dignified countenance, Long Peter uncovered his head in respectful submission, the preconcerted signal was instantly obeyed, the drummers executed their military music, the colours were lowered in salute, and the whole body of the lansquenet vociferated a loud and cheering "Vivat Ulericus!"
— from The Banished: A Swabian Historical Tale by Wilhelm Hauff

voice and love a challenge
Passion was in the voice, and love; a challenge was there, yet a sublimity and a loneliness that haunted the very breath of spring.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

Valdemar Atterdag levies a Contribution
The spring that Hellqvist's great picture "Valdemar Atterdag levies a Contribution on Visby" was exhibited at the Art League, I went in there one quiet morning not knowing that that work of art was there.
— from Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf

VALENCIA At length a compromise
[980] VALENCIA At length a compromise was reached.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3 by Henry Charles Lea

virtuous and loving and careful
She was a most virtuous, and loving, and careful wife, and was with her Lord all the time of his banishment and miseries; and when they came home never parted with him in his solitary retirements."
— from The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II. by Theophilus Cibber

vary a little as compared
We breathe the air, and that statement brings us to consider the composition of the atmosphere, which, chemically speaking, may vary a little (as compared with the whole mass) in consequence of changes which are continually taking place, but to all intents and purposes the air is composed as follows, in 100 parts: Nitrogen 79 parts.
— from Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. by Gaston Tissandier

voice and looking about cautiously
"Very little surprises you, my friend," replied Guillen, still in a low voice, and looking about cautiously to see if he could be overheard by any of those who were standing about, waiting to see the wedding party come forth from the church.
— from The Cid Campeador: A Historical Romance by Antonio de Trueba

voice at last and cried
She found her voice at last, and cried out to him as if for mercy: "No, Amaldi; no!
— from Shadows of Flames: A Novel by Amélie Rives

vulgar a lot as can
Fred tells me they are as vulgar a lot as can be.”
— from The Man Between: An International Romance by Amelia E. Barr


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