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«Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.»

«But I behold a fearful sign,To which the white men's eyes are blind;Their race may vanish hence, like mine,And leave no trace behind,Save ruins o'er the region spread,And the white stones above the dead.»

«America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses»

«And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: / The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: / The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: / The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: / Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: / The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: / Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: / Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: / Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: / Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: / Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: / Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.»

«And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, / And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.»

«And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.»

«And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.»

«And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, / They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: / And there they preached the gospel.»

«And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.»

«And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.»