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Der Einfluss von Alkohol
V. Der Einfluss von Alkohol un Coffeïn.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

digitalis especially valuable as
It is considered a substitute for digitalis, especially valuable as a diuretic and where cerebral anemia exists.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

down English vessels arrived
"Now then, just as this decision was being handed down, English vessels arrived in the Bay of Vigo on October 22, 1702.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Dulcibus est verbis alliciendus
Dulcibus est verbis alliciendus amor —Love is to be won by affectionate words.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

duros en veinte años
Venezuela y dió veinticinco millones de duros en veinte años.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

does except vegetarians and
No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that.
— from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde

donde emprenderemos viaje a
Una línea cubana de navegación nos lleva a Santiago de Cuba, de donde emprenderemos viaje a la Habana, por tren, pasando por las magníficas selvas del sur de la isla, atravesando luego por sembrados
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

despise earthly vanities and
And you will admit that our State is not a mere aspiration, but may really come into being when there shall arise philosopher-kings, one or more, who will despise earthly vanities, and will be the servants of justice only.
— from The Republic by Plato

dem Englischen von Antonie
Aus dem Englischen, von Antonie Zimmermann.
— from The Nursery "Alice" by Lewis Carroll

delicato e veramente amoroso
Eloq. i. 17, upon Cino's purification of Italian from vulgarisms, with Lorenzo de' Medici, who calls Cino "tutto delicato e veramente amoroso, il quale primo, al mio parere, cominciò l'antico rozzore in tutto a schifare." Lettera all'illustr. Sig.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

degree every vice and
He belonged to a respectable family and was passably rich, advantages which neither rendered him sociable nor honest; on the contrary, he was ignorant, wicked, miserly and inhuman; he possessed in an eminent degree every vice and folly of his predecessor without the least particle of his fleeting goodness.
— from Non-Criminal Prisons English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War; French War Prisons; American War Prisons with References to Those of Other Lands by Arthur Griffiths

d Entwicklung von Achtheres
“Ueber den Bau u. d. Entwicklung von Achtheres percarum.” Zeit.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Invertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour


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