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avait un peuple de dieux
S'il y avait un peuple de dieux, il se gouvernerait démocratiquement.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

are unconstitutional palpably deliberately dangerously
‘These tariff laws,’ he would repeat, ‘are unconstitutional, palpably, deliberately, dangerously.’
— from The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One in the Government of the United States. Its Cause, and How It Should Be Met by Abel D. Streight

an unusual proportion do die
The greater number of very young people, everywhere, who cannot be aware of the importance of life, and of the simplicity of death as its close, have romantic thoughts about dying early; and, in a country where an unusual proportion do die early, this species of vain-glory is likely to flourish.
— from How to Observe: Morals and Manners by Harriet Martineau

are unconstitutional palpably deliberately dangerously
These tariff laws,' he would repeat, 'are unconstitutional, palpably, deliberately, dangerously.'
— from The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

avec un peu de demi
[Pg 172] réduit au madère et porto; legèrement lié avec un peu de demi-glace garnissez, de tranches de citron.
— from Dinners and Diners: Where and How to Dine in London by Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel) Newnham-Davis

Antirheumatic Uses Phthisical diarrhea dysentery
in water.—Intestinal Antiseptic, Antitubercular, Antirheumatic— Uses: Phthisical diarrhea, dysentery, rheumatism, marasmus, chorea, etc.—
— from Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica by Merck & Co.

are unconstitutional palpably deliberately dangerously
"These tariff laws," he would repeat, "are unconstitutional, palpably, deliberately, dangerously.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple


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