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- proper noun historical the name of several Persian kings
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Miss Cawse was rather a dumpy Artaxerxes, which is an impertinent remark for me to make; she has a beautiful contralto voice.
Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
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Three years after this, he wrote "Artaxerxes", an opera in the Italian manner, with recitative but no spoken dialogue, taking the text of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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"Repeating tunes!" said the minister, with a certain painful recollection of a storm in his session on the Thursday after the precentor had set up "Artaxerxes" in front of him and sung it as a solo without a single member of the congregation daring to join.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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Garden, where the opera of "Artaxerxes" was being represented.
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856
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I turned as cold as ice as the symphony of "Fair Aurora" (the opera was "Artaxerxes") began, and she came forward with Mr. Wilson.
Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
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Oct. 25th, 2009 at 1: 03 AM reading_gibbon: Chapter VIII: Of the state of Persia after the restoration of the monarchy by Artaxerxes there are some remarkable instances, in which Zoroaster lays aside the prophet, assumes the legislator, and discovers a liberal concern for private and public happiness, seldom to be found among the grovelling or visionary schemes of superstition
Gibbon VIII steve_mollmann 2009
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He was also styling himself as Artaxerxes V, King of Kings, heir to Darius.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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For sixty years Egypt was independent until Artaxerxes III led the Persian army into the land once more.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Nehemiah only had letters from King Artaxerxes and yet he rebuilt the city of Jerusalem.
Preachers of the Future: Three Sermons From Young Christians Bryan Maygers 2011
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Nehemiah only had letters from King Artaxerxes and yet he rebuilt the city of Jerusalem.
Preachers of the Future: Three Sermons From Young Christians Bryan Maygers 2011
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