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aut differemus rectum vel
“Nulli vendemus, nulli negabimus, aut differemus rectum vel justitiam.”
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 by Various

a different reason viz
Thus a house-post indented by a creeper is generally avoided in Selangor for a different reason, viz.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

a deep resonant voice
He had a deep, resonant voice, fitted to his massive frame, and a keen sense of the dramatic.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Antinomie der reinen Vernunft
↩ 34 Cf. Critique, Die Antinomie der reinen Vernunft .
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

a deep reverie VI
“How, how?” “Well, I’ll tell you,” said the prince, apparently in a deep reverie. VI.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

and disdain religion virtue
But to make this the sole consideration of marriage, to lust after it so violently as to overlook all imperfections for its sake, or to require it so absolutely as to reject and disdain religion, virtue, and sense, which are qualities in their nature of much higher perfection, only because an elegance of person is wanting: this is surely inconsistent, either with a wise man or a good Christian.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

a different rational vesture
At the moment of the Revolution everyone, according to his aspirations, dressed the new belief in a different rational vesture.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

a deep rolling voice
At sight of grandmother, he snatched off his fur cap, greeting her in a deep, rolling voice which seemed older than he.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

a dense red vapour
At the point where it touched the waters, a dense red vapour was visible in the midst of the darkness.
— from Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo

A dim receding view
If on its turf you stand And look along the wooded plains That stretch on either hand, The broken forest walls define A dim, receding view, Where, on the far horizon's line, He cut his vista through.
— from The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete by Oliver Wendell Holmes

author de re vestiaria
Yet I would we had more light; but I fear there is little chance of finding hereabout any erudite author de re vestiaria.'
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

aut differemus rectum vel
Nulli vendemus nulli negabimus aut differemus rectum vel judiciam.”
— from Travels in South Kensington with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in England by Moncure Daniel Conway

after due reflection ventured
If Marc, after due reflection, ventured to suppress prayers, it was as a first step, the result of which would enable him to feel his way.
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

as dailie resort vnto
For whether you regard the rich and infinit furniture of household, order of officers, or the interteinement of such strangers as dailie resort vnto the same, you shall not find manie equall therevnto, much lesse one excelling it in anie maner of wise.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

A deep rich verdure
A deep rich verdure covered all that portion of the island which we saw.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

a deep rough voice
"But we'll be seen," she objected, in a deep, rough voice.
— from After the Divorce: A Romance by Grazia Deledda

and deep R Ventricose
—Lerwick, Zetland, Orkneys, etc., 45 fath., and deep, R. Ventricose, cancellated.
— from Illustrated Index of British Shells Containing figures of all the recent species by G. B. (George Brettingham) Sowerby


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