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call it said Don Quixote
"Hell do you call it?" said Don Quixote; "call it by no such name, for it does not deserve it, as ye shall soon see."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

cose in stolo Delle qual
[Pg 88] Quando chel cubo restasse lui solo Tu osseruarai quest' altri contratti Del numer farai due tal part 'a uolo Che luna in l'altra si produca schietto El terzo cubo delle cose in stolo Delle qual poi, per commun precetto Torrai li lati cubi insieme gionti Et cotal summa sara il tuo concetto
— from Jerome Cardan: A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters

Concile il semble difficile qu
Si telle est véritablement la pensée des Présidents du Concile, il semble difficile qu'elle puisse se réaliser.
— from Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger

circle in some directions quite
Beyond, black and frowning, misshapen and mysterious, the huge boulders of the Andes raised their vague outlines, forming a sort of irregular circle, in some directions quite close to us, in others lost in the darkness which the moon and the stars were too remote to overcome.
— from Down the Orinoco in a Canoe by Santiago Pérez Triana

calamity I should deplore quite
"A calamity I should deplore, quite or nearly as much as thyself," returned Myndert, affecting to laugh; though he slipped the suspected doubloon into the bag again, in a manner that at once removed the object of contention from view.
— from The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

captu ingenii sui dixisse quod
[632] "Scio de hac quæstione ab eruditissimis viris varie disputatum et unumquemque pro captu ingenii sui dixisse quod senserat " (Jer. in Dan. , ix.).
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

call it said Don Quixote
“Hell do you call it?” said Don Quixote; “call it by no such name, for it does not deserve it, as ye shall soon see.”
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

ceremonias inter se distincimus quia
Quapropter etiam , saith Junius, 886 ritus et ceremonias inter se distincimus, quia in jure politico sunt imperati et solennes ritus; ceremonioe vero non nisi sacroe observationes in cultu divino appellantur.
— from The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie


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