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doubt it did seem rather strange
I mentioned this to Merna, and he remarked that no doubt it did seem rather strange to us, adding that my mention of air-ships was singularly apropos of what was then in his mind, for he was just about to inform us that an interesting aerial display had been arranged and was to take place that evening,
— from To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Mark Wicks

Dolonis indicio dapibusque simul religataque somno
“Nunc mihi Tydiden attollant carmina vatum, 470 quod iuncto fidens Ithaco patefacta Dolonis indicio dapibusque simul religataque somno Thracia sopiti penetraverit agmina Rhesi Graiaque rettulerit captos ad castra iugales, quorum, si qua fides augentibus omnia Musis, 475 impetus excessit Zephyros candorque pruinas.
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

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