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hons et devint diex
derreniere foyz mourut hons et devint diex, selonc ce qu'il dient.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Histoire et doctrine de
Cf. C. Schmidt, Histoire et doctrine de la Secte des Cathares ou Albigeois (2 vols.)
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

humorous expression duro dollar
notes lo que me digo , p. 7, 5, and creáis , etc., p. 43, 1. 58-9: tres duros y medio : a humorous expression, duro (dollar) equal to 20 reales , being used for score .
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

he exhibits documents dated
He shews twenty-five louis which you gave him, all of which are clipped, and he exhibits documents dated from Genoa stating that you clipped a number of gold pieces, which were melted by M. Grimaldi in order that the police might not find them in your possession.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

have ever domestic dissensions
“I am sorry that you have ever domestic dissensions, Mr Oxbelly.”
— from Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat

her eyes darkening disquietingly
"If you are happy it shows you don't understand anything about it, and so you are doubly unhappy," she said vehemently, her eyes darkening disquietingly.
— from Nostalgia by Grazia Deledda

historical era Dr Deulofeu
In an analysis, ever since 5100 years B.C., the beginning of the so called historical era, Dr. Deulofeu, in the cycle of 1700 years and, concretely in the phase of Great Demographic Fractionation, observes that liberty, in that geohistorical framework, ascends, and thus it is seen in the attached culture model graph.
— from The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty by Víctor José Fernández Bolívar

hour every day during
The agreement was that mademoiselle should work four hours a day for ninety dollars per month; but she has labored one extra hour every day during this week, which calls for extra remuneration, and—as near as can be estimated—the amount which the check represents," Mr. Lamonti explained.
— from The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

her every day during
With this load lifted from her mind Jerry's recovery was rapid, and when the autumnal suns were just beginning to tinge the woodbine on the Tramp House and the maples in the park woods with scarlet, she took her accustomed seat in Arthur's room and commenced her lessons again with Maude, who had missed her sadly and who would have gone to see her every day during her sickness if her mother had permitted it.
— from Tracy Park: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

he ever did drink
I don't—if he ever did drink a bottle of beer, I never did know it; never did smell it, or anything.
— from Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

He every day distributes
He every day distributes to each family of the district, seven pots or vessels full of water, besides what he gives to the principal people of the island.”
— from The Curse of Kehama, Volume 1 (of 2) by Robert Southey

heures et demie du
130 2º. B——, Alfred, 37 ans, employé au chemin de fer, A—— ——, à Lille, entendu, déclare:—Le mercredi, 7 courant, vers 4 heures et demie du soir, je revenais de voyage en passant par Oultersteen.
— from German Atrocities: An Official Investigation by J. H. (John Hartman) Morgan


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