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I proceed now, sixthly, to the method of making laws; which is much the same in both houses: and I shall touch it very briefly, beginning in the house of commons.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

Mark Twain has certainly made a stronger impression than many authors whose "sixthly" follows more inevitably.

From History of American Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post

Fifthly, the muscular fibres of the stomach, and upper intestines; and sixthly, the muscular fibres of the heart and arteries.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Fronting him, sixthly and lastly, was situated a singularly stiff-looking personage, who, being afflicted with paralysis, must, to speak seriously, have felt very ill at ease in his unaccommodating habiliments.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan

Of course I must change, dear; firstly, because I am smothered with dust, and sixthly, as Dogberry says, because I have brought a pretty gown to do honour to Wimperfield.'

From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)