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  • Let the ages at first be x, y, (x + y) Now, if a+b = 2c, then (a-n) + (b-n) = 2 (c-n), whatever be the value of n.

    A Tangled Tale 2003

  • We always know that within half an hour of a-n observation by aeroplane the shells will begin to fall above the gunners unless they have altered their position.

    The Soul of the War Philip Gibbs 1919

  • Emmy Lou herself had so little idea of what it was all about, that she was dependent on her neighbor to give her the key to the proper starting-point heading the various columns -- "a-t, at," or "a-n, an," or "e-t, et," or "o-n, on;" after that it was easy sailing.

    Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart George Madden Martin 1901

  • His first step was to improve the language, by adapting sound to spelling and he insisted on calling angel, _an_-gel, because a-n spelt an; chamber, _cham_-ber, for the same reason; and so on through a long catalogue of similarly constructed words.

    Satanstoe James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • But as there is a certain degree of an emotion, which commonly attends every magnitude of a-n object; when the emotion encreases, we naturally imagine that the object has likewise encreased.

    A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 1743

  • But as there is a certain degree of an emotion, which commonly attends every magnitude of a-n object; when the emotion encreases, we naturally imagine that the object has likewise encreased.

    A Treatise of Human Nature 1739

  • Plus the chip has support for both WiFi a-n and Bluetooth.

    Macworld UK News 2010

  • Rather than rant against the hotel employee, she wrote a-n email complaining about her treatment.

    Consumer Traveler 2009

  • Hey guys im not really new here at all i have been on and off this site and these forums for ages and never properly introduced myself. welcome to a-n.

    Aussie-Nintendo.com Forums 2008

  • Emergency Whereas, It is essential to the determination of the mu - pream e. nicipal tax rates that any new basis of apportionment of the state and county taxes be fixed promptly, and the de - ferred operation of this act would cause great inconvenience in the determination of such tax rates, therefore this act is hereby declared to be a-n emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

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