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docet sē mīlitum vītam
3. Caesar docet sē mīlitum vītam suā salūte habēre multō cāriōrem.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

dear said Mrs Vincent
"Tonks, my dear," said Mrs. Vincent, without ceremony, "this gentleman is a relative of Miss Graham's.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

dare say Mr Venus
I dare say Mr Venus will be so kind as help you.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Derrick Sir might very
But he never found an opportunity; which made me doubt that he had promised to do what was not in his power; till Johnson some years afterwards told me, 'Derrick, Sir, might very well have introduced you.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Dominions so many Vassals
The King and Lord of this Kingdom was named Guarionex, who governed within the Compass of his Dominions so many Vassals and Potent Lords, that every one of them was able to bring into the Field Sixteen Thousand Soldiers for the service of Guarionex their Supream Lord and Soverain, when summoned thereunto.
— from A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. by Bartolomé de las Casas

dances she makes verses
She is in every way fit to be the slave of a king; she plays every musical instrument, she sings, she dances, she makes verses, in fact there is no accomplishment in which she does not excel.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

dear said Mrs Vincy
" "Why, my dear," said Mrs. Vincy, "you seemed as pleased as could be about it.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

deuce said Mr Vincy
" "Please the deuce!" said Mr. Vincy.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

do said Mrs Vance
“How do you do?” said Mrs. Vance, who could scarcely believe her eyes.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

de son manteau Virtue
La vertu dans l'indigence est comme un voyageur, que le vent et la pluie contraignent de s'envelopper de son manteau —Virtue in want is like a traveller who is compelled by the wind and rain to wrap himself up in his cloak.
— 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.

doing so may vary
We shudder at the cruel madness of the tyrant who would force every form to reach one standard; but those are hardly less mad who insist that every one, to live comme il faut , must live, or appear to live, exactly as others do, though the means of doing so may vary among the silly set so prescribed to, from an income that may justify any extravagance to one that can honestly supply none.
— from Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1) by Frances Milton Trollope

Does she mind very
Does she mind very much?”
— from Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

dog said Mrs Veale
'I've served you faithful as a dog,' said Mrs. Veale.
— from Red Spider, Volume 2 (of 2) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

del Secretario M Vz
“Copia de cartas del Secretario M. Vz. (Matheo Vazquez) de Lecca, scriptas en el Pardo á 14 de Março, 1587, al obispo de Osma [Sebastian J. Perez], al Abbad de Santacruz en la Iglesia de Osma (Ivañez); al D r .
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

do said Mrs Verschoyle
"I do," said Mrs. Verschoyle, stepping forward.
— from The Girl from Malta by Fergus Hume

did so manifestlie violat
Honest and indifferent men asked, Why sche did so manifestlie violat hir promeise?
— from The Works of John Knox, Volume 1 (of 6) by John Knox

dutifully said Madame Voss
‘He sent his love to you, when I saw him, quite dutifully,’ said Madame Voss.
— from The Golden Lion of Granpere by Anthony Trollope

do so many valiant
And so it proved, for Sir Tristram pushed fiercely [Pg 64] into the press, rescued the two kings who had been unhorsed, and did such mighty work among the opposing party that all who saw him marvelled to behold one man do so many valiant deeds.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 14 (of 15), King Arthur (2) by Malory, Thomas, Sir


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