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dubbio sono Madonna a voi
Alba rivien colma di rose. VI Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante Poi che fuggir me stesso in dubbio sono, Madonna a voi del mio cuor l'humil dono Faro divoto; io certo a prove tante L'hebbi fedele, intrepido, costante, De pensieri leggiadro, accorto, e buono; Quando rugge il gran mondo, e scocca il tuono, S 'arma di se, e d' intero diamante, Tanto del forse, e d' invidia sicuro, Di timori, e speranze al popol use 10 Quanto d'ingegno, e d' alto valor vago, E di cetra sonora, e delle muse: Sol troverete in tal parte men duro Ove amor
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

drachms see Measures ACETUM vinegar
The Romans used A. from several parts of the world. ℞ 3 , also APSINTHIUM ABSINTHIATUS, —UM, flavored with wormwood, ℞ 3 ABSINTHITES, wine tempered or mixed with wormwood; modern absinth or Vermouth, cf. ℞ 3 ABSINTHIUM ROMANUM, ℞ 3 ABUA, a small fish; see APUA , ℞ 138 , 139 , 147 ACER, ACEO, ACIDUM, to be or to make sour, tart ACETABULUM, a “vinegar” cruet: a small measure, equivalent to 15 Attic drachms; see Measures ACETUM, vinegar —— MULSUM, mead ACICULA, ACUS, the needle fish, or horn-back, or horn-beak; a long fish with a snout sharp like a needle; the gar-fish, or sea-needle ACIDUM, sour; same as ACER ACINATICIUS, a costly raisin wine ACINOSUS, full of kernels or stones ACINUS, —UM, a grain, or grape raisin berry or kernel ACIPENSER, a large fish, sturgeon, ℞ 145 ; also see STYRIO ACOR, —UM, sourness, tartness; the herb sweetcane, gardenflag, galangale ACRIMONIA, acidity, tartness, sourness; harshness of taste ACUS, same as ACICULA Adjustable Table, illustration, p.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

dínamos se mueven a vapor
En esta ciudad los dínamos se mueven a vapor, y por lo tanto, la electricidad es cara; lo que no obsta para
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

decía su mujer al verlo
15 Excusado es decir que el tío Hormiga no se detuvo ni un instante a pensar en qué moro sería aquél, ni en la índole o pristino objeto de la arruinada construcción; lo único que vió desde luego más claro que el agua fué que con tantas desmoronadas piedras, y con las que él desmoronara, podía hacer allí un hermoso 20 y muy seguro corral para sus ganados; por lo que [77-6] desde el día siguiente, y como recreo muy propio de quien tan económico era, dedicó las tardes a derribar por sí mismo, y a sus solas, [77-7] lo que en pie quedaba del vetusto edificio arábigo. —¡Te vas a reventar!—le decía su mujer, al verlo llegar 25 por la noche lleno de polvo y de sudor, y
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

develop such marked and varied
Still, while this was the case, none of his friends expected that he would develop such marked and varied power as was seen in his entire course at Amoy.
— from Forty Years in South China: The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. by John Gerardus Fagg

despised such mean as vile
But haply he despised such mean as vile, And would prevail by valour, not by guile.
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

do say Mr Abbott visits
And they do say Mr. Abbott visits them, and is quite attentive to one of the young ladies.
— from Mark Gildersleeve: A Novel by John S. Sauzade

door she made a very
When Mrs. Myles presently opened the door, she made a very pretty speech about being Little Red Riding Hood.
— from The Brownie Scouts and Their Tree House by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

doing should make a very
We might add to the Protista from the still living lowest groups of organisms—the Fungi; and in so doing should make a very large addition to its domain.
— from The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes by Ernst Haeckel

discussing sex matters and venereal
If anyone doubts it, let it be remembered that the same people who, a few years ago, formed the official opinion of puritanism have so far forsaken puritanism as to flood the country with millions of pamphlets discussing sex matters and venereal disease.
— from Woman and the New Race by Margaret Sanger


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