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  • That the Moon derives its name from being regarded as the _Measurer_ of time; and Man, from the notion of _thinking_; that an (_anh_) is a widely-diffused root, signifying

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • During this period Tolstoy wrote, besides those already mentioned, the following books: The Snowstorm; The Recollections of a billiard-Marker; Two Hussars; Family Happiness; and Polikushka; and he also began a new story entitled The Cloth-Measurer.

    Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood 1906

  • More than any other companion of earth is she the Measurer.

    Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884

  • No, no, Life of the World, and Measurer of the Sun's Course, "he went on, in Polynesian," you shall not go near him.

    The Great Taboo Grant Allen 1873

  • Then why should the great god, the Measurer of Heaven and Earth, the King of

    The Great Taboo Grant Allen 1873

  • And I also, the Measurer, I know the work of both.

    Dreams and Dream Stories Anna Bonus Kingsford 1867

  • Astronomy and astrology being among the oldest sciences, the moon early became known as "the Measurer," her varied motions, her influence upon the tides, her connection with the generative functions, all giving her a high place in the secret sciences.

    The Woman's Bible Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1858

  • _On some general conditions of Electro-decomposition. _ ¶ v. _On a new Measurer of

    Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 Michael Faraday 1829

  • Is Morris the only Measurer in Philadelphia agreed upon to measure and value the work?

    Letters Concerning the Founding of the University of Virginia, 1827 1827

  • I understand that you have Said the Measurer appointed by yourself did not Measure all the work as there was No one to instruct him how it had been done.

    Letters to and from Jefferson, 1825 1825

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