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for evil spirits can carry
“Most certainly he did,” says Partridge, “for evil spirits can carry away anything without being seen, though there were never so many folk in the room; and I should not have been surprized if he had carried away all the company of a set of wicked wretches, who were at play in sermon time.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

follows Examples Stems cōnsul consul
Stems in -l- and -n- are declined as follows: Examples Stems cōnsul , consul , cōnsul- , M. leō , lion , leōn- , M. imāgō , likeness , imāgin- , F. nōmen , name , nōmin- , Ne.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

ferentês et signiferî currum Caesaris
Ante currum miserrimî captîvî, rêgês prîncipêsque superâtârum gentium, catênîs vînctî, prôgrediêbantur; et vîgintî quattuor lîctôrês 8 laureatâs fascîs ferentês et signiferî currum Caesaris comitâbantur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

ferentēs et signiferī currum Caesaris
Ante currum miserrimī captīvī, rēgēs prīncipēsque superātārum gentium, catēnīs vīnctī, prōgrediēbantur; et vīgintī quattuor līctōrēs 8 laureatās fascīs ferentēs et signiferī currum Caesaris comitābantur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

feminine eyes so coldly critical
This done, Hermione, with many supple twists, wriggled dexterously into her best dress, pausing now and then to sigh mournfully and grieve over its many deficiencies and shortcomings, defects which only feminine eyes, so coldly critical, might hope to behold.
— from The Definite Object: A Romance of New York by Jeffery Farnol

fugitif errant sans crime cherchant
aux étrangers, fit fleurir et regorger leurs états aux dépens du nôtre, et leur fit bâtir de nouvelles villes; qui leur donna le spectacle d'un si prodigieux peuple proscrit, nu, fugitif, errant sans crime, cherchant asile loin de sa patrie; qui mit nobles, riches, vieillards, gens souvent très-estimés pour leur piété, leur savoir, leur vertu, des gens aisés, faibles, délicats, à la ruine, et sous le nerf très-effectif du comité, pour cause unique de religion; enfin qui, pour comble de toutes horreurs, remplit toutes les provinces du royaume de parjures et de sacrilèges, où tout retentissait de hurlemens de ces infortunées victimes de l'erreur, pendant que tant d'autres sacrifiaient leur conscience à leurs biens et à leur repos, et achetaient l'un et l'autre par des abjurations simulées, d'où sans intervalle on les traînait
— from The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

for English Speech c c
4 “Bullokar’s Booke at large for the Amendment of Orthographie for English Speech,” &c. &c., 1580, 4to; republished in 1586.
— from Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli

for Edwards says Captain Chapman
“I immediately sent for Edwards,” says Captain Chapman in his journal.
— from Millbank Penitentiary: An Experiment in Reformation by Arthur Griffiths

From every side come cries
[8] And the veteran Prince de Ligne remarked to the Comte de la Garde: "From every side come cries of Peace, Justice, Equilibrium, Indemnity....
— from The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

fear e should catch cold
Isaac shook 'is 'ead and smiled up at 'em, and then, arter telling Peter to put Ginger's blanket a little more round 'is shoulders, for fear 'e should catch cold, 'e said 'e'd ask the landlady to send 'em up some bread and butter and a cup o' tea.
— from Odd Craft, Complete by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs


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