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  • BTW, the Ranis book is already 15 years old, and contains nothing that contradicts what I've said.

    Bruce Jacobs on Who Owns Taiwan in Taipei Times Michael Turton 2007

  • Ranis flew backward as if kicked by a mule, striking the wall and sliding down to slump lifeless in the filth of the tavern's rear yard.

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • Ranis leaped high and came down on Yakoub's unguarded left side.

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • So Ranis had enough honor to recognize an insult when it was given?

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • Before Ranis could recover, one end of the staff smashed against his temple.

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • Jogi came to the palace begging, and the Raja and his Ranis asked him whether he could say what should be done in order that they might have children; the Jogi asked what they would give him if he told them and they said that they would give him anything that he asked for and gave him a written bond to this effect.

    Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

  • Then the Raja bade her explain why the fishes laughed, and the princess answered "If you wish to know the reason order all your Ranis to be brought here;" so the Ranis were summoned; then the princess said

    Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

  • A few days later the Raja decided to give a trial to the Jogi's prescription and he and the Ranis did as they had been told; but the

    Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

  • However five or six months after it was seen that the youngest Rani was with child and then she became the Raja's favourite; but the other Ranis were jealous of her and reminded the Raja that he would not be able to keep her child.

    Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

  • So Lela lived with his three Ranis and they bore him children and after some years he told them that he was the son of a

    Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

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