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avoid S3 PP eschuwen PP
Eschewen , v. to eschew, avoid, S3, PP; eschuwen , PP; eschue , C3, C, PP.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

aptitude skill poner en put
mano f ( de by; poner su take a) hand; buena ( mejor greater, greatest) —— aptitude, skill; poner—— en put one's hand to.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

and shall pursue every possible
I shall keep a wary eye upon all that passes in the chateau, and shall pursue every possible means of discovering the fate of Ludovico.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

and see pudenda et poenitenda
[5750] A lover, in Calcagninus's Apologies, wished with all his heart he were his mistress's ring, to hear, embrace, see, and do I know not what: O thou fool, quoth the ring, if thou wer'st in my room, thou shouldst hear, observe, and see pudenda et poenitenda , that which would make thee loathe and hate her, yea, peradventure, all women for her sake.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

as static predicates expressing possession
The prepositive forms of the personal pronouns and of 5 síno are used also as static predicates expressing possession:
— from Tagalog Texts with Grammatical Analysis by Leonard Bloomfield

and some passages exhibit powers
The translation, as a whole, stands out from similar works of the time (1800) in almost as marked a degree as Coleridge's Wallenstein, and some passages exhibit powers of a high order; a few, however, especially in the earlier scenes, seemed capable of improvement, and these have been revised, but, in deference to the translator, with a sparing hand.
— from The Thirty Years War — Volume 01 by Friedrich Schiller

Ah some people envy princesses
Ah! some people envy princesses.
— from My Own Affairs by Princess of Belgium Louise

a smart person ever prominent
“But isn't a smart person ever prominent?”
— from Missy by Dana Gatlin

a submarine precipice extending parallel
The great reef which fronts the coast of Australia has been supposed, but without any special facts, to rest on the edge of a submarine precipice, extending parallel to the shore.
— from Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete by Charles Darwin

a stamen produce efficient pollen
On the doctrine that peloria is simply the result of an arrest of development, it is difficult to understand how an organ arrested at a very early period of growth should acquire its full functional perfection;—how a petal, supposed to be thus arrested, should acquire its brilliant colours, and serve as an envelope to the flower, or a stamen produce efficient pollen; yet this occurs with many peloric flowers.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

and separately published each paper
Written, as these chapters were, at intervals of time, and separately published, each paper must be taken as complete in itself; and, as they are separate incidents of one narrative, occasional repetitions occur, which could scarcely have been erased, now that they are collected together, without injuring the sense of the passage.
— from A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie

A spiritual penetrative essence permeated
A spiritual, penetrative essence permeated me, and I could employ every sense at pleasure, could revolve every thought like an actual body, and view it from all sides.
— from Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Novalis


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