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  • The chort of Nicholas Within was my guide and I raised a dome on the wherewithouts of Michan: by awful tors my wellworth building sprang sky spearing spires, cloud cupoled campaniles: further this.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • The name "Chertov" is derived from the word cherta (boundary-line) and not from chort (devil), because, at one time, the valley marked the boundary of Georgia.

    A Hero of Our Time 1916

  • It used to look a little out of place to see a yemshick who had shouted _chort!

    Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

  • Demon, (_chortenok_ = a little _chort_ or devil), has become the

    Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858

  • [45] The word employed here is not _chort_, but _diavol_.

    Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858

  • [71] The _chort_ of this legend is evidently akin to the devil himself, whom traditions frequently connect with blacksmiths; but his prototype, in the original form of this story, was doubtless a demigod or demon.

    Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858

  • IJfe ls ver - y chort I I I I end tltere'o Do I have d-ways thought that it'8 a

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The RLRS relocation consultant will contact you to identify your chort-term housing requirements and budget, identify and pre-screen available Better emporary accommodation that would be suitable to your family's needs through the transition.

    Refinance 2nd Mortgage 2008

  • (boundary-line) and not from chort (devil), because, at one time, the valley marked the boundary of Georgia.

    A Hero of Our Time 2003

  • (boundary-line) and not from chort (devil), because, at one time, the valley marked the boundary of Georgia.

    A Hero of Our Time Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov 1827

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