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for English Readers vol
Kant’s Critical Philosophy for English Readers , vol.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

formation erworbenes Recht vested
Routine habit formation erworbenes Recht vested interest erzeugen; Erzeugnis produce Erzeuger producer Erzeugermarkt producer market erziehen educate erziehen; anlernen to educate erzieherische Maßnahmen educational measures Erziehung; Bildung education erzwingen enforce erzwungen forced erzwungene Untätigkeit enforced idleness
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

from each riven vein
I smote and he was slain, Bleeding from each riven vein."
— from Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

for everything rich vivid
Hazel hated the look of the frozen garden; she had an almost unnaturally intense craving for everything rich, vivid, and vital.
— from Gone to Earth by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb

for example Ritter Vol
I can find little in the history of Jezîreh except the mention of sieges: by Tîmûr for example (Ritter, Vol.
— from Amurath to Amurath by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

following experiments recently visited
Mr. Cleveland Moffett, to whom I am indebted for the facts of the following experiments, recently visited M. Danysz, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, who has made some wonderful investigations in this branch of science.
— from Boys' Second Book of Inventions by Ray Stannard Baker

For every rebel victory
For every rebel victory there was always more than one offset in national triumphs.
— from Our Standard-Bearer; Or, The Life of General Uysses S. Grant by Oliver Optic

fuisse Ecclesiam restitutum videlicet
Ducem Danorum Ogerum conquisiuisse has terras, et in exaltatione sanctarum Apostoli relliquiarum fecisse fieri præfatam spectactilem Ecclesiam, ac intra, eum reponi in nobilissimo loculo gemmis auro, argentoque decenter ornato Sanctum corpus, ac deinde post annorum tempus trecentorum Assyrios abstulisse feretrum cum ipso corpore sancto in Edissam ciuitatem Mesopotamiæ, in qua et fuit martyrizatus secundum quosdam, rursumque post sexaginta et tres annos recuperatum corpus in suam fuisse Ecclesiam restitutum, videlicet in Calamia, atque in eiusdem recuperationis signum certum dimiserunt isti, et dimittunt extra feretri loculum dependere brachium dextrum, cum manu quæ tetigisse creditur pia resurgentis vulnera Christi.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

fifth editions received verbal
The fourth and fifth editions received verbal changes here and added paragraphs there.
— from The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male by Winfield Scott Hall

Futures Europe Rodrigo Vergara
Paul Treanor* (Language Futures Europe) Rodrigo Vergara (Logos, Italy) Robert Ware* (2) (OneLook Dictionaries)
— from Multilingualism on the Web by Marie Lebert


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