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xi is purely Hesiodic
Epigram iii on Midas of Larissa was otherwise attributed to Cleobulus of Lindus, one of the Seven Sages; the address to Glaucus (xi) is purely Hesiodic; xiii, according to MM.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

Xeres it probably has
Where the fertilizing stream flows amongst the vineyards of Xeres, it probably has often proved so without any fable.
— from Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2 by C. Rochfort‏ (Charles Rochfort) Scott

xi ILLUSTRATIONS Page Henry
[Pg xi] ILLUSTRATIONS Page Henry A. Nelson Memorial— Tripoli Boys' School Frontispiece Latakia Boys' School Facing Page 34 Tartoose— Crusaders' Church 34 Aleppo Minaret
— from Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences by William S. Nelson

XII Intermission Peggy had
119 XII Intermission Peggy had never seen anything like it!
— from Peggy Finds the Theatre by Virginia Hughes

Xenophon in particular he
And to Xenophon in particular, he offered the possession of Bisanthê, his best point on the coast.
— from History of Greece, Volume 09 (of 12) by George Grote

X Illustrations Pathos Humor
243 CHAPTER X. Illustrations, Pathos, Humor.
— from Extempore Speech: How to Acquire and Practice It by William Pittenger

X is printed horizontally
[Pg 152] G. Smith, " " G. D. Eldridge, Quartermaster’s Sergeant, " J. P. Beers, Private, " A. H. Ives, " " Transcriber’s Notes: In the phrases “Pittman’s X Roads” (page 14) and “Logan’s X Roads” (page 31), the “Xis printed horizontally in the original text.
— from Our Battery; Or, The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. by O. P. (Orlando Phelps) Cutter

xvi Intellectual progress has
[xvi] Intellectual progress has not advanced along a single line, but, in its development, it has branched off in various directions, in accordance with varying environment; and the tracing of lines of connexion between different forms of culture, as is the case with the physical variations, is a matter of intricate complexity.
— from The Evolution of Culture, and Other Essays by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers

xvi is purely hypothetical
On the other hand, the distinction between the body-plasm (somoplasma) and the germ-plasm (germoplasma), which serves as the base of Weismann's untenable theory of the germ-plasm ( cf. chapter xvi.), is purely hypothetical and without direct observation to support it.
— from The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy by Ernst Haeckel


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