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fructu laboris industriaeque meae privatus statum
Injuriis contumeliisque concitatus, quod fructu laboris industriaeque meae privatus statum dignitatis non obtinebam, [177] publicam miserorum causam pro mea consuetudine suscepi, non quin aes alienum meis nominibus ex possessionibus solvere possem, quum et alienis nominibus liberalitas
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust

fallen log its muzzle pointed straight
Quick as the answering flash of a mirror a line of light glinted along the barrel of a rifle resting on the fallen log, its muzzle pointed straight at him.
— from The Lady of Big Shanty by F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley) Smith

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