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allí procede el nombre
De allí procede el nombre jipijapa, o jipis, con que todos ellos son conocidos en el mundo entero.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

a possessing Eiddiar n
your Eichiad, n. a crying out Eichio, v. to sound; to cry Eidiaw, v. to frisk, to enliven Eidiawl, a. vigorous, lively Eidiogi, v. to invigorate Eidion, n. a beast, steer Eidral, n. ground-ivy Eiddew, n. the ivy Eiddiad, n. a possessing Eiddiar, n. hether or ling Eiddiaw, v. to possess Eiddiawg, a. owned: n. slave Eiddig, a. jealous: n. a jealous one; a zealot Eiddigedd, n. zeal, jealousy Eiddigeddu, v. to grow jealous Eiddìgio, v. to grow jealous Eiddigor, n. superior Eiddigus, a. jealous; zealous Eiddil, a. slender, small Eiddilaâd, n. extenuation Eiddilâu, v. to grow slender Eiddiliad, n. extenuation Eiddilo, v. to extenuate Eiddilwch, n. slenderness Eiddion, n. personal property Eiddiorwg, n. the ivy Eiddo, n. property; chattels Eiddun, a. desirous, fond Eidduneb, n. desire, choice Eiddunedu, v. to desire Eidduno, v. to desire, to wish, to pray; to vow Eiddunol, a. delectable Eiddwg, a. contiguous, near Eiddwng, a. contiguous Eiddyganu, v. to approximate Eigiad, n. a bringing forth Eigiaeth, n. a teeming estate Eigian, n. centre; origin: v. to bring forth; to sob Eigiaw, v. to generate Eigiawl, a. teeming, prolific Eigion, n. a source; a middle the abyss, or ocean Eigraeth, n. virgin state Eigrau, n. stockings without feet Eigyr, n. a virgin, a maid Eilar, n. second ploughing Eilchwyl, ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

and places every now
You’d see them dripping from the rafters and places every now and then; and they generly landed in your plate, or down the back of your neck, and most of the time where you didn’t want them.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

a perch Erwydd n
in all my life Ermyg, n. what claims respect Ermygu, v. to adore, to revere Ern, n. earnest, pledge Ernes, n. earnest, pledge Erniw, n. harm, hurt Erniwed, detriment, hurt Erniwiad, n. a doing harm Erniwiant, n. detriment, hurt Erniwio, v. to harm, to hurt Erniwiol, a. detrimental, hurtful Erno, v. to give earnest money Ernwy, n. briskness, vivacity Ernych, n. that gives anguish Ernychiad, n. a tormenting Ernychol, a. tormenting Ernychu, v. to torment, to vex Ernyd, n. a precipice, a slope Ertrai, n. ebb, ebb tide Erth, n. an effort, a push Erthiad, n. a making effort Erthrwch, n. a tear, anguish Erthu, v. to make effort Erthwch, n. a puffing Erthychain, v. to puff; to groan Erthrychiad, n. a puffing Erthrychu, v. to mangle Erthyl, n. an abortion, untimely birth Erthyliad, n. abortion Erthylog, a. miscarrying Erthylu, v. to miscarry Erw, n. a slang of land; an acre Erwan, n. a stab, a sting Erwaniad, n. a stabbing Erwanu, v. to stab, to sting Erwawd, n. a panegyric Erwch, n. impulse, a drive Erwig, n. dim, plot of land Erwyd, n. a pole, a perch Erwydd, n. coopers’ staves Erwyd deu, n. dim, stave Erwyll, a. gloomy, dusky Erwyn, a. very white, splendid Erwyr, a. oblique, or wry Erydd, n. an eagle Eryf, n. impulsion, a push Eryfed, n. quaffing Eryl, n. a watch, a look Eryr, n. an eagle; the shingles Eryrai, n. the eagle stone Eryran, n. a young eagle Eryrol, a. aquiline, like an eagle Eryres, n. a female eagle Eryri, n. the shingles: Snowdon Erysdyddiau, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

ardent perhaps even narrow
The former penitent of the Abbé Lammenais still preserved at thirty his ardent, perhaps even narrow Catholicism, his cult of purity, his contempt for physical indulgence, his delight in the joys and duties of family life.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

amiable prince extended no
But the tranquil life of Antoninus Pius was spent in the bosom of Italy, and, during the twenty-three years that he directed the public administration, the longest journeys of that amiable prince extended no farther than from his palace in Rome to the retirement of his Lanuvian villa.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

and placed each name
I found the slips of paper which represented, for example, "doll," "is," "on," "bed" and placed each name on its object; then I put my doll on the bed with the words is, on, bed arranged beside the doll, thus making a sentence of the words, and at the same time carrying out the idea of the sentence with the things themselves.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

ancient philosophers either not
If Moses seems in his writings simple and even popular, rather than either a philosopher or a theologian, that is because it was an institution with the ancient philosophers, either not to speak of divine things at all, or to speak of them dissemblingly: hence their doctrines were called mysteries.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

Ay part em now
Ay, part 'em now they are dead.
— from The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe

a pang even now
We had been so much occupied with our own troubles that we scarcely gave him a thought beyond seeing that he was well clothed and fed; but I can feel a pang even now for the grief of the poor bairn on account of the death of his playmate.
— from Honest Wullie; and Effie Patterson's Story by Lydia L. Rouse

a political economist not
The New Jersey delegation is commissioned to represent the great cause of Democracy and to offer you as its militant and triumphant leader a scholar, not a charlatan; a statesman, not a doctrinaire; a profound lawyer, not a splitter of legal hairs; a political economist, not an egotistical theorist; a practical politician, who constructs, modifies, restrains, without disturbance and destruction; a resistless debater and consummate master of statement, not a mere sophist; a humanitarian, not a defamer of characters and lives; a man whose mind is at once cosmopolitan and composite of America; a gentleman of unpretentious habits, with the fear of God in his heart and the love of mankind exhibited in every act of his life; above all a public servant who has been tried to the uttermost and never found wanting—matchless, unconquerable, the ultimate Democrat, Woodrow Wilson.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

and playing every night
She would by no means give them the great pleasure of her singing and playing every night.
— from Girls of the Forest by L. T. Meade

A poor engineer named
"Who taught you to argue, Hope?" "A poor engineer named John Benham," answered Hope, as quick as a flash.
— from Hope Benham: A Story for Girls by Nora Perry

a personal enmity not
The Irish clergyman does not live in the midst of Protestants with whom he sympathizes, but is surrounded by Roman Catholics with whom he cannot sympathize, and against whom he is driven to feel almost a personal enmity, not only by reason of their creed which he sorely hates, but by reason also of the anomalies of his own position which are so hateful to them.
— from Clergymen of the Church of England by Anthony Trollope

are perhaps even now
and in all those new developments which are perhaps even now within measurable distance, we can rest on the knowledge that we are under the care of a kind Shepherd, and under the formation of a wise Master Builder.
— from The Doré Lectures Being Sunday addresses at the Doré Gallery, London, given in connection with the Higher Thought Centre by T. (Thomas) Troward

a pound each nearly
Have ready some pieces of [253] salted bouillie beef (of a quarter of a pound each) nearly boiled enough; likewise some pieces of pickle pork of the same number and weight.
— from The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined by John Mollard

all plain enough now
It was all plain enough now.
— from The Crystal Hunters: A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by George Manville Fenn

and popular elections National
t by the transitional legislature pending the promulgation of a constitution and popular elections National capital: Asmara (formerly Asmera) Administrative divisions: 8 provinces (singular - awraja); Akele Guzay, Barka, Denkel, Hamasen, Sahil, Semhar, Senhit, Seraye note: in May 1995 the National Assembly adopted a resolution stating that the administrative structure of Eritrea, which had been established by former colonial powers, would consist of only six provinces when the new constitution, then being drafted, would go into effect sometime in 1998; the new provinces, which have not been recommended by the US Board on Geographic Names for recognition by the US government, pending acceptable definition of the boundaries, are: Anseba, Debub, Debubawi, Gash-Barka, Maakel, and Semanawi Keyih Bahri Independence:
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

a potential enemy now
The foolishness of not having sufficiently watched the doings of a potential enemy now became apparent.
— from The Boys' Nelson by Harold Wheeler


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