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gestu lepores et quo
After which he entered upon the order of the whole service, full of weighty and important considerations: “Nec minimo sane discrimine refert, Quo gestu lepores, et quo gallina secetur;” [“Nor with less discrimination observes how we should carve a hare, and how a hen.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

gracious Lord Enter Queen
My gracious Lord— [ Enter Queen, Elvira.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Aphra Behn

getting less expensive quarters
Do think about getting less expensive quarters.
— from The Emancipated by George Gissing

gouffre les enfants qui
Les Lacédémoniens jetaient dans un gouffre les enfants qui ne leur paraissaient pas viables
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas

generatim loquendo est quælibet
* Beatitudo accidentalis, proprie et generatim loquendo, est quælibet beati perfectio supernaturalis quæ versatur circa aliquid quod est extra objectum beatificum, prout beatificum est….
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

Græcis libris eorum quos
Pœnica lingua, quod res dispersas comprehendit libris xxix., quos Cassius Dionysius Uticensis vertit libris xx., Græca lingua, ac Sextilio prætori misit: in quæ volumina de Græcis libris eorum quos dixi adjecit non pauca, et de Magonis dempsit instar librorum viii.
— from Lectures on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

Guillaume Libri et qui
Monuments Inédits ou peu Connus, faisant partie du Cabinet de Guillaume Libri, et qui se rapportent à l'Histoire de l'Ornementation chez différents Peuples.
— from A Bibliography of Bibliography; Or, a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to Books by Joseph Sabin


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