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  • I was not, however, to be fooled out of more money at this time, and went to bed in haste, full of vanous cogitations.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • Lancaster, by which, after vanous reverses, he had obtained undisputed possession of the throne, to re-assert his claims to those provinces of

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • When Prince Orlov reminded his sovereign that the questions in dispute were difficultand complex, Alexander replied, “I am more than ever convinced how difficult and complex this question is, but all the same I desire and demand that your committee produce a general conclusion as to how it is to be undertaken, instead of burying it in the files under vanous pretexts.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • When Prince Orlov reminded his sovereign that the questions in dispute were difficultand complex, Alexander replied, “I am more than ever convinced how difficult and complex this question is, but all the same I desire and demand that your committee produce a general conclusion as to how it is to be undertaken, instead of burying it in the files under vanous pretexts.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • When Prince Orlov reminded his sovereign that the questions in dispute were difficultand complex, Alexander replied, “I am more than ever convinced how difficult and complex this question is, but all the same I desire and demand that your committee produce a general conclusion as to how it is to be undertaken, instead of burying it in the files under vanous pretexts.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • When Prince Orlov reminded his sovereign that the questions in dispute were difficultand complex, Alexander replied, “I am more than ever convinced how difficult and complex this question is, but all the same I desire and demand that your committee produce a general conclusion as to how it is to be undertaken, instead of burying it in the files under vanous pretexts.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • When Prince Orlov reminded his sovereign that the questions in dispute were difficultand complex, Alexander replied, “I am more than ever convinced how difficult and complex this question is, but all the same I desire and demand that your committee produce a general conclusion as to how it is to be undertaken, instead of burying it in the files under vanous pretexts.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Nor does he appear to advantage in the vanous legends that tell of his love affairs, among which is the well-known German legend of his attachment to a dead woman due to the magic power of a jewel hidden in her mouth.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • I was not, however, to be fooled out of more money at this time, and went to bed in haste, full of vanous cogitations.

    Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

  • Few substances are more important in civilized life than the ilifTerent forais of carbon; in their vanous uses they are essential to* 'the comforts and well being of society, and are necessary in almost all the useful arts and manufactures.

    Elements of Chemical Philosophy: Part 1, Vol.1 Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy 1812

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