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  • Iz berry confusing fur de unilingueals, is chus like a secret code. *hee, hee, ha*

    So… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • It found its precursor in “Grac - chus” Babeuf, executed in 1797 for planning an insur - rection against the French Directory.

    EQUALITY R. R. PALMER 1968

  • We find in his reconstruction the same contrast, as in Dicaear - chus, between an optimistic and a pessimistic view of the development of the human race: optimistic in regard to the development of material civilization, where a certain progress is undeniable; pessimistic in regard to the development as a whole.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas KURT VON FRITZ 1968

  • They are usually without ornament, and are called "i-chus '."

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • Then, fearing that they would not be able to fight against Antigonus successfully, these two generals persuaded Cassander, ruler of Macedon, and Ly-sim´a-chus, ruler of Thrace, to join them.

    The Story of the Greeks 1894

  • A large fleet was prepared, and Nicias, Lam´a-chus, and Alcibiades were chosen generals of the expedition.

    The Story of the Greeks 1894

  • Penelope, and his infant son, Te-lemʹa-chus, both of whom he tenderly loved.

    The Story of Troy Michael Clarke 1880

  • Ajaxes, and An-tilʹo-chus, the son of Nestor, bravely led the conflict at the head of the Greeks.

    The Story of Troy Michael Clarke 1880

  • I set Eurylochus [Footnote: Eu - ryl'-o-chus.] over the one, and I myself took command of the other, and I shook lots in a helmet to see who should go and search out the island, and the lot of Eurylochus leapt out.

    The Story of the Odyssey Alfred John Church 1870

  • For thy mother's father and her brethren urge her to take Eurymachus [Footnote: Eu-rym'-a-chus.] for her husband, seeing that he hath far surpassed all the other suitors in his gifts.

    The Story of the Odyssey Alfred John Church 1870

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