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det uotam Phoebo Lesbis amata

tristis ad Hypsipylen ab Iasone littera uenit; / det uotam Phoebo Lesbis amata lyram' (this line, like the letter of Sappho, has been considered suspect; see R. J. Tarrant, "The Authenticity of the Letter of Sappho to Phaon ( Heroides XV )", HSPh 85 [1981] 133-53).
— from The Last Poems of Ovid by Ovid

Democrats under Prince Lvov and

Provisional Government formed by Constitutional Democrats under Prince Lvov and M. Milyukov.
— from Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller

down upon Paris like a

Men and things only [Pg iv] suggest to him ideas for the accumulation of wealth; and from the heights of Montmartre he looks down upon Paris like a wolf upon its prey.
— from The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola

darkly upon Pier Luigi and

And so I sat there moodily, gnawing my lip and scowling darkly upon Pier Luigi and upon my cousin, who was as assiduous in his attentions as his master, and who seemed to be receiving an even greater proportion of her favours.
— from The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina, in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini

dashed up puffing like a

He dashed up, puffing like a locomo [Pg 157] tive, the next minute.
— from The Boy Inventors' Electric Hydroaeroplane by Richard Bonner

dependent upon productive laborers and

The sum of both truths is that the salvation of the world is wholly dependent upon productive laborers and that they must look individually only to the exertion of their own mental and physical powers and collectively to co-operation with each other for the accomplishment of their mission.
— from Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View by William Montgomery Brown

did until perhaps long afterwards

It seemed to me just then that nothing mattered, and that I too should soon die, and lie as Meade did, until perhaps long afterwards some wandering prospector would find our bones, our gold, and our belongings; but our real story, or who we were, would never be known.
— from A Claim on Klondyke: A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Edward Roper

detachments under Poor Learned and

The detachments under Poor, Learned, and Morgan, which marched to the attack on that day, diverged from near the point seen in the foreground on the right, and marched down the slope by the sheep, across the flat.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

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