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To reproduce the names of his horses now would not be worth while, as from the effluxion of time the interest in them has ceased.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry

Osiris and Anubis, her averruncous deities, have departed, while Orus yet remains dimly shadowing the principle of vicissitude and the effluxion of things, but receiveth little oblation.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

In his business as a journalist, he had not much of that philosophy which says that the daily difficulties of a newspaper are sure to solve themselves by the effluxion of time.

From George Brown by Lewis, John

His strength seemed to fade out from him with the mere effluxion of time.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

On the other hand, I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to obliterate chronological references which the effluxion of time has rendered, or may render, misleading.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George