select

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In 'Select Cases of Conscience touching Witches and Witchcraft,' the minister of Great Staughton describes from personal knowledge one of the ordinary ways of detecting the guilt of the accused.

From The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Williams, Howard

The subject is dealt with at some length in H. H. Wilson's 'Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindoos,' in two volumes, Trubner & Co.,

From The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Macdonell was commanding a crack corps of French Canadians, all picked from the best 'Select Embodied Militia,' and now, at the end of six months of extra service, as good as a battalion of regulars.

From The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)

“Thank you; I’ve quite enough to do as president of the ‘Select Sociables.’”

From Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

Gentlemen laugh, but I assure them I am telling the truth, and have good reason to know what I am talking about, as I happened to be the president of the ‘Select Sociables.’

From Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)