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gentle and mild mitior et lenior
In two letters to Camerarius, however, written on May 21 and June 19, respectively, hence before the efforts at toning down the Confession were completed, Melanchthon expressed the opinion that the Confession could not have been written "in terms more gentle and mild, mitior et lenior. "
— from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

gambled and made money eventually losing
They had gambled and made money, eventually losing it again, and all their capital besides.
— from The Guests Of Hercules by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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