I initials (in the name) DDA domain-defined attributes, keywords defined and used by the individual systems to specify mailboxes (user name, list, station, user code, etc.), direct delivery devices (attention name, telex addresses, facsimile, etc.) PN personal name (a) the character @ cannot be used when routing messages from X.400 to Internet.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno
On the other hand, English prudence, wholly relative to the gain and safe-keeping of just enough money to cover expenses, demands detailed and everyday exactitude, and this habit paralyses the imagination.
— from On Love by Stendhal
You think we can escape disagreeable duties by taking romantic views—that’s your great illusion, my dear.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James
From Aldgate, north-west to Bishopsgate, lieth the ditch of the city called Houndes ditch; for that in old time, when the same lay open, much filth (conveyed forth of the city), especially dead dogs, were there laid or cast; wherefore of latter time a mud wall was made, inclosing the ditch, to keep out the laying [117] of such filth as had been accustomed.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow
Cedant feralia nomina Cannae, Et damnata diu Romanis Allia fastis.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
Sostenía además relaciones con excelentes damas de Madrid, y por este medio consiguió
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
| II | Pugnatum tamen, ut in nulla pari re, duas amplius horas, concitata et, donec dux stetisset, Romana acie.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
11, 6, 1, early next day , cōtīdiē , each day , daily , prīdiē , the day before .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
"'Clear eyes do dim at last And cheeks outlive their rose: Time, heedless of the past, No loving kindness knows.'
— from Penny Plain by O. Douglas
Holinski gives his impressions by contrasting the fair Quitonians with the fairer Guayaquilians: "Les yeux vifs et ardent, le pied fine et mignon, les teintes chaudes et dorées" distinguish the latter.
— from The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America by James Orton
Newspapers, transient 2 cents each 2 cents each 2 cents each do do Pamphlets and occasional Publications 1 cent per 2 oz.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1873 by Canada. Post Office Department
Saran is capable of great things, but will probably fail to accomplish them, as this period of our century especially discourages development.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various
Pugnatum tamen, ut in nulla pari re, duas amplius horas; concitata et, donec dux stetisset, Romana acie.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
At the end of the ‘ determinatio ’ in Harl. MS., 3768 (fol. 196) is the note: ‘et incipiunt alie conclusiones ejusdem de eodem scismate cum epistola directa domino Karolo Regi Francorum pro reformacione scismatis prenominati.’
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little
Itaque in omnibus his mente consternatus obmutui, cogitans, et dolens de peccatis singulis, rem taliter se
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
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