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called respectively empiricists and rationalists
One of the great historic controversies in philosophy is the controversy between the two schools called respectively 'empiricists' and 'rationalists'.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

can reasonably expect any reader
The inference arrived at is premature, for as the New Testament does not consist only of the four Gospels, but contains other writings of equal importance, the argument is incomplete, and the latter will have to be dealt with before our author can reasonably expect any reader to entertain his anti-miraculous hypothesis.
— from The Wave of Scepticism and the Rock of Truth by M. H. (Matthew Henry) Habershon

curiositatem raram et archaicam regie
Fac., ' curiositatem raram et archaicam ,' regie transmisit, 1825, M.D. Med.
— from A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

coccinea R elegans and R
R. GLABRA ( syns R. caroliniana, R. coccinea, R. elegans , and R. sanguinea ).—Smooth or Scarlet Sumach.
— from Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster

coitus reservatus etc and rarely
After marriage we practised all sorts of fancy coitus, coitus reservatus , etc., and rarely passed twenty-four hours without two conjunctions, until she got far on in the family way, and our play had to cease for a while.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

Commission reassembled either after recess
Accordingly, when the Commission reassembled, either after recess or adjournment, the reinvigorated counsellors immediately unfolded their plan.
— from The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by David Miller DeWitt

cried Rochester entering a room
"All as we could wish, all as we could wish!" cried Rochester, entering a room in Northampton House, in which the Countess of Essex sat with her mother, Lady Suffolk.
— from Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

C remenbr e A remembren
18. C. remenbr e ; A. remembren.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) — Boethius and Troilus by Geoffrey Chaucer

certain rough eloquence and repeated
It was dated from Paris, and told her of his intention to be absent from England for some time; he pleaded earnestly for pardon with a certain rough eloquence, and repeated the arguments he had previously urged, evidently thinking that his punishment was greatly disproportionate to his offence.
— from A Crooked Path: A Novel by Mrs. Alexander


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