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Dīcit or Dīxit Gallōs esse
Gallī erunt fortēs Indirect Statements 1. Dīcit or Dīxit Gallōs esse fortīs ( He says or He said the Gauls to be brave ) 1 2. Dīcit or Dīxit Gallōs fuisse fortīs ( He says or He said the Gauls to have been brave )
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

dui oui de galina et
Jl re de burne a due perle groſſe come dui oui de galina et ſonno tanto rotonde q̃ non puono firmarſe ſoura vna tauola et
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Dîcit or Dîxit Gallôs esse
Gallî erunt fortês Indirect Statements 1. Dîcit or Dîxit Gallôs esse fortîs ( He says or He said the Gauls to be brave ) 1 2. Dîcit or Dîxit Gallôs fuisse fortîs ( He says or He said the Gauls to have been brave ) 1 3. Dîcit or Dîxit Gallôs futûrôs esse fortîs ( He says or He said the Gauls to be about to be brave ) 1 1.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

dear old Doctor Gilman Eleanor
"Now if it were only dear old Doctor Gilman," Eleanor continued, "I could sink back into a comfortable indifference.
— from The Inside of the Cup — Volume 01 by Winston Churchill

des ordres des généraux et
Comme, en diverses rencontres et particulièrement à la prise de Cordoue, plusieurs soldats, au mépris des ordres des généraux et malgré les efforts des officiers, se sont portés à des excès qui sont inévitables dans les villes qui opposent encore de la résistance au moment d’être prises, MM.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of Corunna by Charles Oman

digits of ducks geese etc
The skin which unites these digits at their base, by these acts of spreading apart being unceasingly repeated contracts the habit of extending; so that after a while the broad membranes which connect the digits of ducks, geese, etc., are formed as we see them.
— from Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

days of de Gebelin Egypt
A careful study of Sir Gardiner Wilkinson’s “Ancient Egyptians,” and Mr. Rawlinson’s “Ancient Egypt,” shows how accurate these surmises were, for the origin of many of the figures on the Tarots can be traced in these works, although in the days of de Gebelin, Egypt was a sealed book to students.
— from Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards by Van Rensselaer, John King, Mrs.

ddirfawr ofnod Drwy goffau enwau
yth gyfragod Nid rhaid yt ddirfawr ofnod Drwy goffau enwau’r
— from Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans

des ouvriers du génie et
les officiers et sous-officiers de toutes armes, des sections techniques, des ouvriers du génie et des écoles spéciales.
— from The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 by Edwin A. Pratt

dollar or dime generally entertained
I knew the vague notion that money is money, call it dollar or dime, generally entertained by the innocent children of nature; and, dazzling the unaccustomed eyes of the flutist with a new two-franc piece, he immediately embarked.
— from Summer Cruising in the South Seas by Charles Warren Stoddard

down on de groun en
W'en dey come ter de branch, Brer Wolf lay Brer Rabbit down on de groun' en hilt 'im dar, en den he study how he gwine make way wid 'im. He study en he study, en w'iles he studyin' Brer Rabbit, he tuck'n study some on he own hook.
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

desire of doing good even
The long chain of magnanimity, courage, easiness of access, and desire of doing good, even to the prejudice of your fortune, is so far from being broken in your grace, that the precious metal yet runs pure to the newest link of it;
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11 by John Dryden


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