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a conceptus communis reason demands
Hence every genus must contain different species, and these again different subspecies; and as each of the latter must itself contain a sphere (must be of a certain extent, as a conceptus communis), reason demands that no species or sub-species is to be considered as the lowest possible.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

appertaining consistent compatible requisite decent
SYN: Befitting, belonging, suitable, appertaining, consistent, compatible, requisite, decent, graceful.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

A cold chill ran down
A cold chill ran down Vaxin’s neck and spine.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

again cold chills ran down
Again the white-robed Druids filed past me, again I saw that improbable mistletoe cut from that impossible oak, and again cold chills ran down my back with the first strain of the recitative.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

am c c REGINALD DE
I am, &c., &c, REGINALD DE COURCY H2 anchor XIII LADY DE COURCY TO MRS.
— from Lady Susan by Jane Austen

am c c R DE
I am, &c., &c., R. DE COURCY.
— from Lady Susan by Jane Austen

aquarium causa cause reason do
agri´cola , farmer (agriculture) 1 aqua , water (aquarium) causa , cause, reason do´mina , lady of the house, mistress (dominate) filia , daughter (filial) fortū´na , fortune fuga , flight (fugitive) iniū´ria , wrong, injury lūna , moon (lunar) nauta , sailor (nautical) puel´la , girl silva , forest (silvan) terra , land (terrace) 1.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Arthurian character called Romans d
We may now briefly examine, in a general way, some of the most noteworthy of the more obscure, but for us important Old French fairy-romances of a kindred Brythonic or Arthurian character, called Romans d’Aventure and Romans
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

aquarium causa cause reason do
agri´cola , farmer (agriculture)1 aqua , water (aquarium) causa , cause, reason do´mina , lady of the house, mistress (dominate) filia , daughter (filial) fortû´na , fortune fuga , flight (fugitive)
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

a cold chill ran down
Men were hurrying to and fro all around him, and yet suddenly he seemed to feel himself alone, the sole mark for the enemy's fire; again that z—st overhead, and a cold chill ran down his back.
— from Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery

a cold chill ran down
Then a cold chill ran down my back.
— from The Invaders, and Other Stories by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

A crowded car ran down
A crowded car ran down the other evening.
— from Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way by William Pittenger

at Candlestick Cove Returning Doctor
Topsail Go North, and at Candlestick Cove, Returning, Doctor Luke Finds Himself Just a Bit Peckish
— from Billy Topsail, M.D.: A Tale of Adventure With Doctor Luke of the Labrador by Norman Duncan

a crowd came rushing down
As we approached to Lyndhurst, the vociferation increased, and we were just consulting whether it would not be prudent to turn about, when a crowd came rushing down the road, which branched off at right angles with that by which we were journeying [135] forward; and we found ourselves immediately surrounded by three or four hundred people, who had taken Mrs. Hannaper’s horses from the carriage in which she and her niece were sitting, and insisted on drawing them home themselves, to testify their attachment to the cause which she patronizes.
— from Blue-Stocking Hall, (Vol. 3 of 3) by William Pitt Scargill

and congratulate Captain Richard Doubledick
The snow had melted on the ground, and the birds were singing in the leafless thickets of the early spring, when those three were first able to ride out together, and when people flocked about the open carriage to cheer and congratulate Captain Richard Doubledick.
— from The Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens


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