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Vichy Apollinaris Rosbach c others especially
Some mineral waters are naturally aerated, as Vichy, Apollinaris, Rosbach, &c.; others, especially such as are used for medicinal purposes, are frequently aerated to render them more palatable and exhilarating.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

victor and remained champion of England
Big Ben was the victor, and remained champion of England from that date until his death three years (not “four months”) later—8th April, 1794.
— from Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by George Borrow

Valets are rather characteristic of Englishmen
By assuming, indeed, a small portion of French license on this subject, it might even be asserted that those cards were of English manufacture; seeing that they were discovered in the covers of a book which had formerly belonged to an English monastery, and that the features, expression, and bodily proportions of the Valets are rather characteristic of Englishmen than Frenchmen.
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto


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