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... to pervade all interstellar space, vibrations in which are assumed to account for the transmission of light ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... do not disquiet yourself. You will be furnished with all necessary papers, so that you can account for all your life during the twenty-five years you spent ...

— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau

... the less serious diseases[34] that these cunning folk were consulted. They were called upon often indeed—if one fragmentary evidence may be trusted—to diagnose the diseases and to account for the deaths of domestic animals.[35] It may very easily be that it was from the necessity of explaining the deaths of animals that the practitioners of magic began to talk about witchcraft and to throw out a hint that some witch was at the back of the matter. It would be in line with their ...

— A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 • Wallace Notestein

... he confided his doubts about his paper on Dreams. He cannot account for them, hence he has offered merely an hypothesis, ...

— Priestley in America - 1794-1804 • Edgar F. Smith

... next moment, she throws me into despair. These nuns are very skilful in education—at least they are said to be so. The doctors give me hope, too. You see, her poor mother was very unhappy at the time of her birth—delirious, indeed: that may account for it. I often fancy that it is the constant excitement which her state occasions me that makes me love her so much. You see she is one who can never shift for herself. I must get money for her; I have left a little already with the superior, and I would not touch it to save myself from famine! If ...

— Night and Morning, Volume 3 • Edward Bulwer Lytton

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