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cogam et semetipsos submittere ordinationi Regiæ
aliquem provisorem aut provisores aliquas facultates sive bullas obtinere de prædicta usurpata auctoritate, illos sursum reddere dictas bullas et facultates cogam, et semetipsos submittere ordinationi Regiæ Majestatis.’
— from Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Richard Bagwell

case every subject spoken of received
They were not driven to talk of nothing but horses, or armour, or the battlefield, or the chase, though such matters were not altogether excluded; but, as must ever be the case, every subject spoken of received a peculiar colour, a tone, a shade from the mind and habitual feelings of the speaker.
— from Henry of Guise; or, The States of Blois (Vol. 1 of 3) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

ceremony Eight Salem Street or Reception
Reception immediately after the ceremony Eight Salem Street or Reception immediately after the ceremony in the church parlors In the case of a church wedding, it is always well to enclose with the invitation a small card reading: "Please present this card at the church on August the third."
— from The Etiquette of To-day by Edith B. (Edith Bertha) Ordway

churches exhibit similar specimens of rude
Some of the Swedish churches exhibit similar specimens of rude art, which are of great interest to antiquarians.
— from Due North; or, Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou


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