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Courtois Cy fine le
For the latter derangement of historical sequence we find a quaint and ingenuous apology offered in Rustician's epilogue to Giron le Courtois:— "Cy fine le Maistre Rusticien de Pise son conte en louant et regraciant le Père le Filz et le Saint Esperit, et ung mesme Dieu, Filz de la Benoiste Vierge Marie, de ce qu'il m'a doné grace, sens, force, et mémoire, temps et lieu, de me mener à fin de si haulte et si noble matière come ceste-cy dont j'ay traicté les faiz et proesses recitez et recordez
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

calamitās calamitātis f loss
LESSON XLI, § 239 calamitās, calamitātis , f., loss, disaster, defeat (calamity) caput, capitis , n., head (capital) flūmen, flūminis , n., river (flume) labor, labōris , m., labor, toil opus, operis , n., work, task ōrātor, ōrātōris , m., orator rīpa, -ae , f., bank (of a stream) tempus, temporis , n., time (temporal) terror, terrōris , m., terror, fear victor, victōris , m., victor accipiō, accipere, accēpī, acceptus , receive, accept cōnfirmō, cōnfīrmāre, cōnfīrmāvī, cōnfīrmātus , strengthen, establish, encourage (confirm)
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Clarence Clarence for Lancaster
Clarence, Clarence, for Lancaster!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

C Calling from labor
" " how organized Atheist cannot be a Mason Authorities for masonic law B. Balloting for candidates every member must take a part in it secrecy of, inviolable must be unanimous Mason irresponsible for it to the lodge not disfranchised of it by non-payment of arrears mode of Balloting in each degree not actually prescribed in the ancient constitutions, but implied must be unanimous Ballot, reconsideration of motion for, out of order cannot be granted by dispensation Black ball is the bulwark of Masonry Brother, a title to be always used in lodge Burial, masonic, right of must be requested except for strangers Master Masons only entitled to it dispensation for, not usually required Business, order of may be suspended at any time by the Master By-laws must be approved and confirmed by Grand Lodge C. Calling from labor to refreshment Censure, a masonic punishment Certificates, masonic Chaplain, Grand ( see Grand Chaplain )
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

cólligō collect from legō
Atonic medial e before a single consonant was weakened (with the exceptions given under b. ) to i : as, cólligō , collect , from legō ; óbsideō , besiege , from sedeō ; cértāminis , of the contest , from certāmen ( 224 ); flāminis , from flāmen ( 470 ).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

could come from looking
Surely no harm could come from looking at it!
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

cried Count Fosco looking
"Poor dear Percival!" cried Count Fosco, looking after him gaily, "he is the victim of English spleen.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

cystignes cystines f liberality
cystignes , cystines f. liberality, bounty, goodness , Æ: abundance .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Capocchio che falsai li
la faccia mia ben ti risponda: si` vedrai ch'io son l'ombra di Capocchio, che falsai li metalli con l'alchimia; e te dee ricordar, se ben t'adocchio, com'io fui di natura buona scimia>>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

corps conueied from Louaine
The duke of Irelāds corps conueied from Louaine into England, and there roiallie interred.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (12 of 12) Richard the Second, the Second Sonne to Edward Prince of Wales by Raphael Holinshed

can care for literature
None can care for literature in itself who do not take a special pleasure in the sound of names; and there is no part of the world where nomenclature is so rich, poetical, humorous, and picturesque as the United States of America.
— from Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson

clouds caves fire light
So too with mountains, avalanches, sun, moon, stars, clouds, caves, fire, light, dark, life, death.
— from Nature Mysticism by John Edward Mercer

church came from Ludgate
This figure from the old church came from Ludgate when the City gates were destroyed in 1786.
— from Old and New London, Volume I A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury

contraband camp followers laden
On every side of us trooped our contraband camp followers, laden down with all manner of strange things, such as the ingenuity of an inexperienced officer's mind could suggest as likely to contribute to his wants and comfort, from a cooking-stove to a shoe-brush.
— from The Campaign of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia "The Cadet Regiment" by Charles Eustis Hubbard

could conceal from love
The dawn of light on his long-darkened orbs revealed to him the unattractive colouring and irregular features of the being he had in blindness learned to adore, and no self-command on his part could conceal from love's unerring instinct his change of mood.
— from Baron Bruno; Or, The Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan


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