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x I xxvi
x, I; xxvi, 20; xxviii, I. Miracles: Is. xxxiii, 9; xl, 17; xli, 26; xliii, 13.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

xiii Introduction xv
Pg vii] CONTENTS PAGES Preface xi-xiii Introduction xv-xxviii SECTION
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

xiv IV xxvi
xiv., IV. xxvi.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

XXXI II XXXIX
That which he calls I. is XXXI.; II., XXXIX.; III., XXIII.;
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

XIX Investigation XX
After XV The Rift XVI Crisis XVII Honours XVIII Fred Comfrey XIX Investigation XX A Question of Finance
— from The Hall and the Grange: A Novel by Archibald Marshall

xxvi i xxviii
; its company, i. xxvi ., i. xxviii ., i. xlix .; Rhodes's Company at, i. xxviii .
— from An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement by Colley Cibber

XIV IDLENESS XV
THE STATE TAKES A HAND XII CLARKE'S XIII EIGHT TO SIX XIV IDLENESS XV MARKING TIME XVI MISS BOBINET'S XVII BEHIND THE TWINKLING LIGHTS XVIII THE FIRST NIGHT XIX PREPARATIONS FOR FLIGHT XX WILD OATS
— from Calvary Alley by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

X III XI
IX " " (II) X " " (III) XI OF SELECTION XI
— from On The Art of Reading by Arthur Quiller-Couch

xxi i xxxiii
Spiller, James, ii. 169, note 2. Stage, and religion, i. xxi ., i. xxxiii .
— from An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement by Colley Cibber

x in Xerxes
Unfamiliar groups of consonants at the beginning of words are simplified by dropping the first sound; notice the simplification of bd in bdellium ; chth in chthonian ; gn in gnaw , gneiss , gnome , gnostic ; gz (x) in Xerxes [zəːksijz], Xenophon ; kn in knee , knit , know , etc.; mn in mnemonic ; phth in phthisis
— from The Sounds of Spoken English: A Manual of Ear Training for English Students (4th edition) by Walter Ripman

xviii IA xv
Gesell., Wien, xviii; IA. xv. 258; Bühler, ib . vi. 270; Snakes and Buddha, Bendall, Meghas[=u]tra, JRAS.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

XXVII IV XII
I IX XVII XXV II X XVIII XXVI III XI XIX XXVII IV XII XX XXVIII
— from The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

xiii Introduction xv
[Pg ix] TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Publisher's Note v Foreword vii Table of Contents ix List of Tables xii List of Illustrations xiii Introduction xv
— from A Stake in the Land by Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek


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