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be established either by express evidence
Whether we can attribute the worst parts of a work to a forger and the best to a great writer,—as for example, in the case of some of Shakespeare's plays,—depends upon the probability that they have been interpolated, or have been the joint work of two writers; and this can only be established either by express evidence or by a comparison of other writings of the same class.
— from Laws by Plato

be entered except by especially equipped
These are rough and dangerous, and should not be entered except by especially equipped parties.
— from Hawaii National Park: A Guide for the Haleakala Section, Island of Maui, Hawaii by George Cornelius Ruhle

believe either externally by evangelical exhortations
44 St. Augustine probably had in mind the grace of mediate illumination when he wrote: “God acts upon us by the incentives of visible objects to will and to believe, either externally by evangelical exhortations, ... or internally, as no man has control over what enters into his thoughts.”
— from Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic Treatise by Joseph Pohle

be enforced except by exposing every
It was repealed in 1688 because it could not be enforced except by exposing every man's house to be entered and searched at pleasure by persons unknown to the people, which was oppressive and a badge of slavery.
— from Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776 by S. A. Reilly

beest es es bist estas eres
I am, be sum suis bin estoy & soy sou, estou Thou art, beest es es bist estas, eres es, estas He is, be est est est-es está, es he, esta We are, be sumus sommes sind estamos, somos somos, estamos You are, be estis êtes seyd estais, sois soys, estoys They are, be sunt sont sind estan, son sam, estam It is indisputable that have , in all these languages, is from the same root.
— from Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical; to Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, With Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject by Noah Webster


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