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Conditor et legum celeberrimus ore manuque
[ ... Ductor fortissimus armis; Conditor et legum celeberrimus; ore manuque Consultor patriae; sed non consultor habendae Religionis; amans tercentum millia Divum.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

could ever lose control over myself
I cannot even imagine how I could ever lose control over myself.
— from Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz

cities except London control of municipal
A law was passed (1835) giving taxpayers in cities (except London) control of municipal elections.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

Conditor et legum celeberrimus ore manuque
He says of Julian: Ductor fortissimus armis, Conditor et legum celeberrimus; ore manuque Consultor patriæ; sed non consultor habendus Religionis; amans tercentum millia divum Perfidus ille Deo, sed non est perfidus orbi .
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 01 by Voltaire

carbonate either limestone chalk or marble
For calcium carbonate, either limestone, chalk, or marble is used.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev


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