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  • In the mid-nineteenth century, the British fondness for shampooing crossed the English Channel to become the anglicized French phrase le shampooing, literally “the shampooing,” pronounced with a light n sound at the end of the word: le shahmpooahn.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • In the mid-nineteenth century, the British fondness for shampooing crossed the English Channel to become the anglicized French phrase le shampooing, literally “the shampooing,” pronounced with a light n sound at the end of the word: le shahmpooahn.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The growing numbers of prostitutes in the mid-nineteenth century greatly supported this market, then kept it alive when moral reformers threatened to kill it.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • In the mid-nineteenth century these word parts were assembled in Paris into bicycle.xiii Finally, in 1868, the word entered English, initially with the spelling “bysicle.”

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • In the mid-nineteenth century these word parts were assembled in Paris into bicycle.xiii Finally, in 1868, the word entered English, initially with the spelling “bysicle.”

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • In the mid-nineteenth century, American courts began to devise their own rules for pleadings, but again they required great specificity in alleging facts to support the claims presented.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • In Gallery 739 of the American Wing sits a striking mid-nineteenth century tête-à-tête a chair for two that allows sitters to face one another -- the design is attributed to John Belter that might have provided a comfortable platform from which two worried Americans might have pondered the uncomfortable and escalating domestic crisis that eventually resulted in disunion and war.

    Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012

  • … From the mid-nineteenth century through the first three-quarters of this century … Britain enjoyed extraordinarily low crime and extraordinary freedom.

    Sonnex and Farmer – only a matter of time. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • We chose division in the mid-nineteenth century, and Civil War was the result.

    Terry Newell: Remember, It's "We" the People Terry Newell 2010

  • In Gallery 739 of the American Wing sits a striking mid-nineteenth century tête-à-tête a chair for two that allows sitters to face one another -- the design is attributed to John Belter that might have provided a comfortable platform from which two worried Americans might have pondered the uncomfortable and escalating domestic crisis that eventually resulted in disunion and war.

    Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012

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