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et maſticare betre dietro da
el re ſedere ataula con vno ſuo figliolo picolino et maſticare betre dietro da lui erano ſinon donne Alhora ne diſſe vno principalle nuy nõ poteuão parlare al re et ſe voleuamo alguna coſa Lo diceſſemo alui ꝓ che la direbe avno piu principale 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

expensively maintained become degraded disorderly
{101} The consequence of great fortunes, and the unequal division of property, are, that the lower ranks, though expensively maintained, become degraded, disorderly, and uncomfortable, while the middling classes disappear by degrees.
— from An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged by William Playfair

everything must be done decently
When you invite city people to a formal dinner, everything must be done decently and in order.
— from John Ward, Preacher by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

ellipse may be described during
It often happens that a single ellipse may be described during one [page 405] day, and two on the next.
— from The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Francis, Sir

experiments made by Dr Davy
Some experiments made by Dr. Davy seem favourable to this view; as bleeding from the carotid arteries, partially divided transversely, in dogs was easily arrested by the means above-mentioned, the wound of the vessel readily healing, so as to preserve its tube entire; whereas, when the pressure was increased, the hemorrhage became violent.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

entwine my blessing dear dear
With this curse on my foes, I entwine my blessing, dear, dear Constance, on you,—you, who have nursed, watched, all but saved me!
— from Godolphin, Volume 1. by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Everything must be done decently
Everything must be done decently and in order, with the same calm dignity, unruffled composure, the same presumption of the innocence of the accused, as though the murdered man had been the humblest citizen of the land.
— from The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt by David Miller DeWitt

experiments made by Drs Dougall
The table on the next page is a summary by the late Dr Letheby of some experiments made by Drs Dougall and Calvert, with the view of determining the relative powers possessed by certain substances of arresting putrefaction, as measured by their action in preventing the germination of animalcules and fungi, and the development of vaccine lymph.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

exclaimed Miss Butterworth dropping down
"Humph," exclaimed Miss Butterworth, dropping down upon the edge of a large chair, whose back felt no pressure from her own during the interview.
— from Sevenoaks: A Story of Today by J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland

ees more beautifools dan dese
she ees more beautifools dan dese!’
— from She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

evil must be destroyed down
This purpose is very simple: the old evil must be destroyed down to its root, the old foundations of the life of the people must be torn up, and replaced by the foundations of a better and truer civilization.”
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various


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