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give us like leave in
Well, then, let them give us like leave in seeking the water of eternal life, that they give themselves in seeking the water of the well.
— from The Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel

got up Little Lynn in
Mind you from the time that I wake up at 8 o’clock in the morning, supposedly around 8 or maybe it was 8:30 or 9, I have to have the answers, supposed to have the answers for what time I woke up, what time Jack got up, Little Lynn in the short span of hours, and it is hard to break these things down and be accurate.
— from Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

gratia ut linguæ latinæ ignaris
[223] The anonymous biographer says: "Scripsit præterea et affinium suorum gratia, ut linguæ latinæ ignaris prodesset, patrio sermone annum ante trigesimum ætatis suæ etruscos libros, primum, secundum, ac tertium de Familia, quos Romæ die nonagesimo quam inchoârat, absolvit; sed inelimatos et asperos neque usquequaquam etruscos ... post annos tres, quam primos ediderat, quartum librum ingratis protulit" ( op.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

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