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English verb are not needed
The personal pronouns he , she , it , etc., which are necessary in the inflection of the English verb, are not needed in the Latin, because the personal endings take their place.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

ever visits Athens now nor
for I should be glad to hear: for scarcely any citizen of Phlius 25 ever visits Athens now, nor has any stranger for a long time come from thence who was able to give us a clear account of the particulars, except that he had died from drinking poison; but he was unable to tell us any thing more.
— from Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato

electionem vt assumatur non nobilior
Hic etiam non succedunt Reges per generationem sed per electionem, vt assumatur non nobilior, aut fortior, sed morigeratior, et iustior, 50 ad minus annorum, nullam habens sobolem aut vxorem, seruaturque illic iusticiæ rigor in plena censura, in omnibus et contra omnes, etiamsi forefecerit ipse Rex, qui nec eximitur a traditis legibus pro concupiscentia vel contemptione quarumlibet personarum.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt


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