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for experimental reasoning gave in the
This substitution of mystical fancies for experimental reasoning gave, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a doubtful and twilight appearance to the various branches of physical philosophy.
— from Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott

first established regal government in the
The second, Prydain , the son of Aedd-Mawr , who first established regal government in the Island of Britain.
— from The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty (Thomas Jones, Esq.), Commonly known as the Welsh Robin Hood by T. J. Llewelyn (Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn) Prichard

from eternal regions glows in this
The mysterious human spirit, breathed upon from eternal regions, glows in this divine lion of Greece.
— from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (June 1913) Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 by Various

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