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Estos rapaces del día se
Estos rapaces del día se atreven a todo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

el Reynado de Don Sancho
Real en el Reynado de Don Sancho IV.
— from The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 1 (of 3) by Leonard Williams

Ecclesiam Romanam disponente Domino super
Docemus proinde et declaramus, Ecclesiam Romanam disponente Domino super omnes alias ordinariae potestatis obtinere principatum, et hanc Romani Pontificis iurisdictionis potestatem, quae vere episcopalis est, immediatam esse: erga quam cuiuscumque ritus et dignitatis, pastores atque fideles, tam seorsum singuli quam simul omnes, officio hierarchicae subordinationis, veraeque obedientiae obstringuntur, non solum in rebus, quae ad fidem et mores, sed etiam in iis, quae ad disciplinam et regimen Ecclesiae, per totum orbem diffusae pertinent; ita, ut
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

en recomendacion del Dotor sic
“El mismo; De San Lorenço, á 3 de Noviembre: en recomendacion del Dotor ( sic ) Francisco Gaytan” f. 137 71.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

Eddy Raymond D Deputy sheriff
Walthers, Eddy Raymond D Deputy sheriff, Dallas County.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

et reparation des dommages souffertz
Ausquelz ne pourrait justement desnier de faire droict & [572] justice a lencontre de ceulx contre lesquelz ilz vouldroient pretendre sil falloit entrer en cognoissance de cause et reparation des dommages souffertz dune part & dautre.
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

executions running down defaulters sending
Throughout the remainder of the day, Bleeding Heart Yard was in consternation, as the grim Pancks cruised in it; haranguing the inhabitants on their backslidings in respect of payment, demanding his bond, breathing notices to quit and executions, running down defaulters, sending a swell of terror on before him, and leaving it in his wake.
— from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens


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