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eoloð ealað v ealu eolxsecg
eoloð = ealað (v. ealu ) eolxsecg = eolhsecg eom
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

et eisdem verbis et eisdem
Deus glorificatus est, et Scripturæ vere divinæ creditæ sunt, omnibus eandem et eisdem verbis et eisdem nominibus recitantibus ab initio usque ad finem, uti et præsentes gentes cognoscerent quoniam per inspirationem Dei interpretatæ sunt Scripturæ, et non esset mirabile Deum hoc in eis operatum: quando in ea captivitate populi quæ facta est a Nabuchodonosor, corruptis scripturis et post 70 annos Judæis descendentibus in regionem suam, et post deinde temporibus Artaxerxis Persarum regis, inspiravit Esdræ sacerdoti tribus Levi præteritorum prophetarum omnes rememorare sermones, et restituere populo eam legem quæ data est per Moysen.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

everyone even visits everyone else
Chapter 4 The highest Petersburg society is essentially one: in it everyone knows everyone else, everyone even visits everyone else.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

et eisdem verbis et eisdem
Deus glorificatus est, et Scripturæ veræ divinæ creditæ sunt, omnibus eandem et eisdem verbis et eisdem nominibus recitantibus ab initio usque ad finem, uti et præsentes gentes cognoscerent quoniam per inspirationem Dei interpretatæ sunt Scripturæ, et non esset mirabile Deum hoc in eis operatum, quando in ea captivitate populi quæ facta est a Nabuchodonosor corruptis Scripturis et post septuaginta annos Judæis descendentibus in regionem suam, et post deinde temporibus
— from The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal by Blaise Pascal

Eodem enim vitio est effusio
I enjoin my soul to look upon pain and pleasure with an eye equally regulated: "Eodem enim vitio est effusio animi in laetitia quo in dolore contractio,"
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 19 by Michel de Montaigne

es et vultis es exdare
'"Conceptio Immaculata, hoc modo fixisti, Et nemo audet dicere unum verbum, de isti: Non vides si infallibilis es, et vultis es exdare, Non alius sed tu solus hanc debet proclamare." '"Figlio mio," dixit Papa; "tu es homo mirabilis, Tua verba sunt mi dulcior quam ostriche cum Chablis, In tutta Roma, de Alemania gente, Non ho visto uno con si grande mente.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various

et ejusdem vita et explanatis
et ejusdem vita et explanatis.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

edging elegant variation embellishment embroidery
frill, addition, adornment, amenity, beading, beauties, bedizenment, binding, bonus, bordering, bordure, bravery, chiffon, clinquant, colors, colors of rhetoric, crease, creasing, crimp, crisp, decoration, dog-ear, double, double over, doubling, duplication, duplication of effort, duplicature, edging, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, enfold, expletive, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, extravagance, fat, featherbedding, festoons, figure, figure of speech, filigree, filling, fillip, fimbria, fimbriation, fine writing, finery, flection, flexure, floridity, floridness, flounce, flourish, floweriness, flowers of speech, flute, fold, fold over, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, fringe, frippery, froufrou, furbelow, fuss, gaiety, galloon, gather, gaudery, gewgaw, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, hem,infold, interfold, jazz, lagniappe, lap over, lapel, lappet, list, lushness, luxuriance, luxury, motif, needlessness, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overadornment, overlap, padding, paste, payroll padding, plait, plat, pleat, pleonasm, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, ply, premium, prolixity, purple patches, quill, redundance, redundancy, ruche, ruching, ruff, ruffle, selvage, showiness, skirting, something extra, stuffing, superaddition, superfluity, superfluousness, tautology, tinsel, trappings, trickery, trimming, trumpery, tuck, turn over, twill, twist, unnecessariness, valance, verbosity, welt, wrinkle [carriage return] Part-of-Speech information is not stored with this thesaurus.
— from Moby Thesaurus List by Grady Ward

eruditio et virtus existimationem exigunt
On the terrestrial globe a legend is placed within a shieldlike cartouch surmounted with a coat of arms of the patrician family Baldelli of Cortona, and reads, “Virorum probitas, eruditio et virtus existimationem exigunt.
— from Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy by Edward Luther Stevenson


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