degree, compared parum, minus, minimê , less ( § 323 )
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

405 tē dēfrūdandī causā , Pl. Men.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

I'm afraid she's going to marry Dr. Carver ... poor Medora, there's always some one she wants to marry.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

"Magia Posthuma," "Phlegon de Mirabilibus," "Augustinus de cura pro Mortuis," "Philosophicae et Christianae Cogitationes de Vampiris," by John Christofer Herenberg; and a thousand others, among which I remember only a few of those which he lent to my father.
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

And there's the whole Dallas connection: poor Mrs. Beaufort is related to every one of you.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Mademoiselle du Chatelet persuaded me to hire a horse, but this I could not consent to, and I was certainly right, for by so doing I should have lost the pleasure of the last pedestrian expedition I ever made; for I cannot give that name to those excursions I have frequently taken about my own neighborhood, while I lived at Motiers.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Did not the dear creature prefer me to every woman in the assembly, when every she was laying out for him?
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding

—Por él puede viajarse hasta la Asunción, durante todo el año, en buques de tres metros de calado; por más que recibe buques de 4.20 en épocas de crecida.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

He carecido de la entereza cristiana 25 que contiene el espíritu del hombre ofendido en un hermoso estado de elevación sobre las ofensas que recibe y los enemigos que se las hacen; he tenido la debilidad de 205 abandonarme a una ira loca, poniéndome al bajo nivel de mis detractores, devolviéndoles golpes iguales a los suyos, y tratando de confundirles por medios aprendidos en su propia indigna escuela.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

"Ten thousand shall come to you the day Count Peschiera marries the daughter of his kinsman with your help and aid—the remaining ten thousand I will lend you.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV by Various

Thou didst conceive, Princess most bright of sheen, Jesus the Lord, that hath no end nor mean, Almighty that, departing heaven's demesne To succour us, put on our frailty, Offering to death his sweet of youth and green: Such as he is, our Lord he is, I ween:
— from Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. (Joseph Gayle Hurd) Barry

{18} St. Augustine, De Cura pro Mortuis. {20}
— from The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang

On the morning of the journey Aunt Marcia folded Randy in a warm embrace as she said, "Dear child promise me that you will come again, thus only, can I see you depart;" and Randy had promised at some future time to again visit Boston.
— from Randy and Her Friends by Amy Brooks

“Promise me,” she said, “dearest cousin, promise me faithfully that you never again hint even to any human being, the idle fancy that hung this morning on your lips, or the name you would have connected with it.”
— from The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Moyle Sherer

Government Papua New Guinea Country name: conventional long form: Independent State of Papua New Guinea conventional short form: Papua New Guinea abbreviation: PNG former: Territory of Papua and New Guinea Government type: constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy Capital: Port Moresby Administrative divisions: 20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain Independence:
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

It is true we find there one of the earliest instances in literature of an accurate diagnosis confirmed post mortem .
— from The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 by Various