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escape XXVIII COURAGE Have
How are we to tell her that we have let her brother's murderer escape?" XXVIII COURAGE "Have some more chicken?" "No, thanks: I am not hungry."
— from Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre

EARLY XVI CENTURY H
21 BRUSSELS, EARLY XVI CENTURY H. 13 ft. 9 in.
— from Catalogue of the Retrospective Loan Exhibition of European Tapestries by San Francisco Museum of Art

E xiii_707 C H
Text from E. [xiii_707] C H Six ; E v.
— from The Bruce by John Barbour

English XVII Century Head
English, XVII Century Head of an Old Man.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle

exclaimed Ximena casting herself
"Justice, my lord, justice!" exclaimed Ximena, casting herself at the feet of the king, and unable to articulate other words, for sobs were almost choking her.
— from The Cid Campeador: A Historical Romance by Antonio de Trueba

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