Usus , quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi:' usage, the established practice, subject to which is all law and normal standard of correct speaking.
— from The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Thomas De Quincey
Everybody now looks upon the engagement as a settled thing."
— from A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking
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