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Eiddo n property chattels
your Eichiad, n. a crying out Eichio, v. to sound; to cry Eidiaw, v. to frisk, to enliven Eidiawl, a. vigorous, lively Eidiogi, v. to invigorate Eidion, n. a beast, steer Eidral, n. ground-ivy Eiddew, n. the ivy Eiddiad, n. a possessing Eiddiar, n. hether or ling Eiddiaw, v. to possess Eiddiawg, a. owned: n. slave Eiddig, a. jealous: n. a jealous one; a zealot Eiddigedd, n. zeal, jealousy Eiddigeddu, v. to grow jealous Eiddìgio, v. to grow jealous Eiddigor, n. superior Eiddigus, a. jealous; zealous Eiddil, a. slender, small Eiddilaâd, n. extenuation Eiddilâu, v. to grow slender Eiddiliad, n. extenuation Eiddilo, v. to extenuate Eiddilwch, n. slenderness Eiddion, n. personal property Eiddiorwg, n. the ivy Eiddo, n. property; chattels Eiddun, a. desirous, fond Eidduneb, n. desire, choice Eiddunedu, v. to desire Eidduno, v. to desire, to wish, to pray; to vow Eiddunol, a. delectable Eiddwg, a. contiguous, near Eiddwng, a. contiguous Eiddyganu, v. to approximate Eigiad, n. a bringing forth Eigiaeth, n. a teeming estate Eigian, n. centre; origin: v. to bring forth; to sob Eigiaw, v. to generate Eigiawl, a. teeming, prolific Eigion, n. a source; a middle the abyss, or ocean Eigraeth, n. virgin state Eigrau, n. stockings without feet Eigyr, n. a virgin, a maid Eilar, n. second ploughing Eilchwyl, ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

esse non potest cum
| § 73 | 78 Qui vero se populares volunt ob eamque causam aut agrariam rem temptant, ut possessores pellantur suis sedibus, aut pecunias creditas debitoribus condonandas putant, labefactant fundamenta rei publicae, concordiam primum, quae esse non potest, cum aliis adimuntur, aliis condonantur pecuniae, deinde aequitatem, quae tollitur omnis, si habere suum cuique non licet.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

et nõ poteuão caualcare
Jorno ꝓ il que ne fu forza leuare lanchore et laſsiare andare de qua et dela per la baia a le altre due naui li era trauerſia et nõ poteuão caualcare vno capo q̃ faceua
— 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

et nōmen Pūblius Cornēlius
Ibi in cīvitātem receptus est et nōmen, Pūblius Cornēlius Lentulus, apud cīvīs Rōmānōs ascrīptum est.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

exorcised no power can
In all cases it is necessary the ghost should agree to be exorcised; no power can lay it if it be possessed of an evil demon—a spirit within a spirit, as it were—which stubbornly refuses to listen to argument.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

experience no parent can
I. page 134 to 136, or that most affecting composition, THE AFFLICTION OF MARGARET —— OF ——, page 165 to 168, which no mother, and, if I may judge by my own experience, no parent can read without a tear.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

esse non potest Collect
All, replies the pope, are not capable of reaching the altiora mysteria qui potuerit, et non voluerit, salvus esse non potest, (Collect.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

every new purchaser contracted
The whole landed property of the empire (without excepting the patrimonial estates of the monarch) was the object of ordinary taxation; and every new purchaser contracted the obligations of the former proprietor.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

enough now poor child
She knew well enough now, poor child, what it was that made her cheeks burn as they did, and her heart beat as if it would burst its bounds.
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

even now passing cakes
Sarah could be heard in the kitchen, and Jeremiah was even now passing cakes and orange juice to the children at the dining-room table.
— from Otherwise Phyllis by Meredith Nicholson

excuse nor palliation can
But, Mr. Slidell says, 'There is a wide difference between these bonds and those of the Planters' Bank, for the repudiation of which, neither excuse nor palliation can be offered.'
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

even nominal party control
[Pg 194] Structurally important features are: the absence of any method of election, direct or indirect, or of any ultimate source of "sovereign" personnel—the government having borne itself out of chaos, constitutionally a remarkable feat; the elimination of even nominal party control of government, or cameral legislation, or constituent assembly, these being hated vestiges of the Chinese and Western, but not Japanese, notion that popular sovereignty is to receive genuflections if not credence; and, most startlingly, the absence of a head!
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Eat no pies cakes
Stick to good wholesome stale wheat bread. Eat no pies, cakes or pastry of any kind, and use pepper, salt and all other seasonings very sparingly.
— from Practical Training for Running, Walking, Rowing, Wrestling, Boxing, Jumping, and All Kinds of Athletic Feats Together with tables of proportional measurement for height and weight of men in and out of condition; etc. etc. by Ed. James

eriles nam propior cladi
adgredimur subito et casus scitamur eriles (nam propior cladi steterat): quis vultus equorum?
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

extravagance no parallel could
[149] -166- But this, or any other array of scenes and images, might be matched from poets of a far lower order than Dante: and to specimens which might be brought together of his audacity and extravagance, no parallel could be found except among the lowest.
— from Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church


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