"Senor Aladro Castriota, the wealthy wine merchant of
Xerxes."--_Daily News_.
HERODOTUS omits this detail.
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"Mrs. ---- thoroughly recommends her Russian Nursery
Governess; speaks fluent French, German; will answer any
question."--_Daily Paper_.
There are a lot of questions we should like to ask her about Russia.
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"The jury found the prisoner guilty of man-slaughter, and was
sentenced to 18 months' hard labour."--_Provincial Paper_.
No wonder there is a scarcity of jurymen.
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