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amicos regno expulerat castraque Cleopatrae
magnis copiis cum sorore Cleopatra 5 bellum gerens, quam paucis ante mensibus per suos propinquos atque amicos regno expulerat; castraque Cleopatrae non longo spatio ab eius castris distabant.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

apparent rari et cedentes capilli
Effingit senem stantem: ossa, musculi, nervi, venae, rugae etiam ut spirantis apparent: rari et cedentes capilli, lata frons, contracta facies, exile collum.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

a Rosario en coloquio con
Cuando dejó 25 a la señora y a Rosario en coloquio con el viajero, llegóse a él, y dejándose morder con la mayor complacencia el dedo índice, le dijo: —Tunante, bribón, ¿por qué no hablas?
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

and Racket EUGENE Corsican colonel
[At the Sign of the Cat and Racket.] EUGENE, Corsican colonel of the Sixth regiment of the line, which was made up almost entirely of Italians—the first to enter Tarragone in 1808.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

again recollected every circumstance connected
Then, at the musing hour of twilight, her softened thoughts returned to Valancourt; she again recollected every circumstance, connected with the midnight music, and all that might assist her conjecture, concerning his imprisonment at the castle, and, becoming confirmed in the supposition, that it was his voice she had heard there, she looked back to that gloomy abode with emotions of grief and momentary regret.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

and repeatedly exclaimed Connex c
Thence he sailed to the most northerly point of Yucatan, where he was welcomed by the chief, who came out with his people in twelve canoes and repeatedly exclaimed, " Connex c otoch " ("Come to our Town"), which the Spaniards believed the name of the place: hence Cape Catoche, as the point is still called.
— from The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan by Frederick J. Tabor Frost

a row every cottage consisting
It was one of three or four cottages standing in a row, every cottage consisting of four or five rooms.
— from The Orange Girl by Walter Besant

Arrangements representing each Congregational Church
The local Committee of Arrangements, representing each Congregational Church in the city, has already at a preliminary meeting decided to hold the meetings in the First Congregational Church (Rev. E. P. Goodwin, D. D., Pastor), which has been offered with most cordial unanimity for the use of the Anniversary.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 10, October, 1879 by Various

and rude execution consisting chiefly
Some fine examples of this kind are to be found in the so-called Bedford Missal, which is really a Book of Hours, and was written for John, [Pg xii] Duke of Bedford, the brother of Henry V. Most of the manuscripts now extant on the subject are of late date and rude execution, consisting chiefly of rolls of arms, catalogues with shields in "trick"—that is, sketched with the colors indicated by a letter, or lists of banners, of which last a fine example is in the library of the College of Arms.
— from Lessons in the Art of Illuminating A Series of Examples selected from Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum. With Practical Instructions, and a Sketch of the History of the Art by W. J. (William John) Loftie

a Regional Emergency Communications Coordination
(a) In General.--There is established in each Regional Office a Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Group (in this section referred to as an ``RECC Working Group'').
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

and reddened everybody cried Cacho
Instantly [79] the vines blazed up, flooding the room with brightness; and as the yule-log glowed and reddened everybody cried Cacho-fiò, Bouto-fiò! Alègre!
— from The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier


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