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hoion eiper eis Pg
tôn d' eirêmenôn chymôn esti tis chreia tê physei kai tou pacheos kai tou leptou kai kathairetai pros te tou splênos kai tês epi tô hêpati kysteôs to haima kai apotithetai tosouton te kai toiouton hekaterou meros, hoson kai hoion, eiper eis Pg 214 Greek text holon ênechthê tou zôou to sôma, blabên an tin' eirgasato.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

hacer efectivo el pago
el pago ; satisfacer una deuda ; abonar (or pagar ) a cuenta , to pay on account ; abonar en oro , abonar en plata , en efectivo , to pay in gold , in silver , in currency ; hacer efectivo el pago (or el cobro ), to collect (or to cash ); hacer efectiva una letra , to cash a draft .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

have endured every personal
The blessings of peace and justice, for which civil society has been instituted, were banished from Rome: the jealous citizens, who might have endured every personal or pecuniary injury, were most deeply wounded in the dishonor of their wives and daughters: 22 they were equally oppressed by the arrogance of the nobles and the corruption of the magistrates; 221 and the abuse of arms or of laws was the only circumstance that distinguished the lions from the dogs and serpents of the Capitol.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

have easily evaded payment
I was an unknown foreigner, and could have easily evaded payment with impunity, yet no London shopkeeper ever mistrusted me.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

hay en el pueblo
y me figuro que con la alarma que hay en el pueblo, todos los chicos 20 harán novillos hoy; pero haya o no clase, iré después por allá...
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

había estado el peral
Terminada la misa me levanté, y dirigiéndome al lugar donde había estado el peral, recogí una de las flores que en el suelo hallé,—flor ya marchita.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

has enriched either party
Shuffle they will and crow, crook and hide, feign to confess here, only that they may brag and conquer there, and not a thought has enriched either party, and not an emotion of bravery, modesty, or hope.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

had entered enraged passed
“Yes,” repeated the leader in a whisper, “God bless his majesty!” and all these men, who had entered enraged, passed from anger to pity and blessed the royal infant in their turn.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

his enthusiastic emotions prompted
Mr. Tupman no sooner heard this avowal, than he proceeded to do what his enthusiastic emotions prompted, and what, for aught we know (for we are but little acquainted with such matters), people so circumstanced always do.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Honduras en el Pacífico
[55] para Amapala, principal puerto de Honduras en el Pacífico, el cual gozará de una gran prosperidad cuando llegue a este punto el ferrocarril interoceánico, que arranca de Puerto Cortés en el Atlántico.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

human enjoyment except prayer
And yet if the ministers had their way, there would be no form of human enjoyment except prayer, signing subscription papers, putting money in contribution boxes, listening to sermons, reading the cheerful histories of the Old Testament, imagining the joys of heaven and the torments of hell.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Interviews by Robert Green Ingersoll

his excitement elbowed Peter
Little Dolly Venn laughed aloud in his excitement, elbowed Peter Bligh who gave a real Irish "hurrugh"; but the darkness had swallowed it all up in a minute, and we were on again, heading for the shore like those that run a race for their very lives.
— from The House Under the Sea: A Romance by Max Pemberton

he endured extreme poverty
Yet in spite of these and many other very unendurable incidents, this impetuous and ill-starred being never felt so great a desire to retire to a solitary place and there disfigure himself permanently as a mark of his unfeigned internal displeasure, as on the occasion when he endured extreme poverty and great personal inconvenience for an entire year in order that he might take away face from the memory of a person who was so placed that no one expressed any interest in the matter.
— from The Wallet of Kai Lung by Ernest Bramah

his essay Expression published
[71] II Before going to the woods and mountains the next morning, Mr. Burroughs showed me a copy of the Atlantic Monthly containing his essay, "Expression," published in November, 1860, and asked if I cared to read the essay.
— from Rambles with John Burroughs by R. J. H. (Robert John Henderson) De Loach

having expansive eyes placed
Saying this Kauçalyā, the foremost of all women, having expansive eyes, placed the grains on Rāma's head; sprinkled his body with fragrant substances, and tied to his hands, as amulet, twigs of such auspicious plants as visalyakarani , with due mental repetition of mantras .
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume One. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam by Valmiki

HER EARLY EDUCATION PROJECTED
HENRY DISBANDS HIS FORCES PROPOSITION FOR THE MARRIAGE OF ISABELLA HER EARLY EDUCATION PROJECTED UNION WITH THE GRAND MASTER OF CALATRAVA HIS SUDDEN DEATH BATTLE OF OLMEDO CIVIL ANARCHY DEATH AND CHARACTER OF ALFONSO HIS REIGN A USURPATION THE CROWN OFFERED TO ISABELLA SHE DECLINES IT TREATY BETWEEN HENRY AND THE CONFEDERATES ISABELLA
— from The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by William Hickling Prescott

his early Elizabethan period
Blake's work in literature may be roughly divided into three periods: (1) his early Elizabethan period, (2) his original lyrics, (3) his prophetic writings.
— from Essays by Arthur Christopher Benson


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