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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

dead echoed Vivien in astonishment
"The old General dead!" echoed Vivien in astonishment.
— from The Last of Their Race by Annie S. Swan

decipit exemplar vitiis imitabile and
Its peculiarities were much easier to understand, and to copy, than Cicero's: ‘decipit exemplar vitiis imitabile;’ and thus, without any advance whatever in understanding the genius of the language, or the construction of a Latin sentence, I added to my fine words and cut-and-dried idioms, phrases smacking of Tacitus.
— from The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by John Henry Newman

das Elend viel ist auf
Wenn das Elend viel ist auf der Erde, so beruhet der grund davon, nach Abzug des theils ertraglichen, theils verbesserlichen, theils eingebildeten Uebels der Naturwelt, ganz allein in den moralischen Handlungen der Menschen
— from The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

dark eyes vaguely interrogative as
As he made no answer, she fell silent, her dark eyes vaguely interrogative as though questioning herself as well as him concerning this unaccustomed contact.
— from The Crimson Tide: A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

day every vile imposture and
In truth, it would almost seem that the natives have no idea of death occurring, except by violence or sorcery; [60] and these strange notions must not be dealt with too severely, in a country like England, where (within the last 200 years, and in no uncivilised state of society) persons have been burnt for witchcraft; and in which, even in the present day, every vile imposture and godless pretence of supernatural power is sure of finding eager listeners and astonished admirers.
— from Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants by W. (William) Pridden

drifted eleven versts in all
They had drifted eleven versts in all.
— from Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne

domini et vocantur ille arurae
Et praeterea debet quater arare in terra domini, et vocantur ille arurae unlawenherþe.' Black Book of St Augustine's, Cotton MSS.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

Death ever victorious is again
Death, ever victorious, is again a victor.
— from Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. Late Retired General. U. S. A. by Willis Fletcher Johnson


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