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Readers may try to remember these elucidative items, riddled from the immensities of Dryasdust: I have no more to give, nor can afford to return upon it.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Carlyle, Thomas

At a very early stage of the Menzel Excerpts it became manifest that certain synchronous Austrian Ditto would prove highly elucidative; that, in fact, it would be indispensable to get hold of these as well.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Carlyle, Thomas

I now propose to bring together a series of facts specially elucidative of the harrowing theme.

From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Steinmetz, Andrew

There is incidentally a quantity of autobiographic record in my notes to this manuscript; but except as subsidiary and elucidative of the text I put no value on such.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

The latter is in so many ways elucidative and illuminative of the former, outwardly and inwardly, that I deem it well to give it first.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard