2. Est vêrô in vîtâ cuiusque hominis aliqua bona fortûna.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
With this figurative illustration of his meaning, Mr. Weller unclasped his pocket-book, and drew forth a dirty sheet of letter-paper, on which were inscribed various characters crowded together in remarkable confusion.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
The plural is sometimes used with a singular subject limited by an ablative with cum , with : as, Syrus cum illō vostrō cōnsusurrant , T. Hau.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
O infinite virtue, com'st thou smiling from
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
If a lighted candle or torch will not burn in such a place, it is very certain the air will be deadly for any person who enters.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
And it is very certain that the philosophers of the godless city, who have maintained that the gods were their friends, had fallen a prey to the malignant demons who rule that city, and whose eternal punishment is to be shared by it.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
His skin was clean —The idea of purification or cleansing through the efficacy of the sweat-bath is very common in Indian myth and ceremonial.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney
Itaque victus cultusque corporis ad valetudinem referatur et ad vires, non ad voluptatem.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is most abundant on the east side, but is very common locally in the Paradise Valley vicinity.
— from Mammals of Mount Rainier National Park by Russell K. Grater
Here the descent to the sea is very commodious, and those who prefer bathing to gaming generally visit this place; but there is nevertheless a considerable portion of the latter fashionable amusement here.
— from Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America (Vol 1 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825
A few days after telling the Sodom and Gomorrah story, I was on a walk-about with Yamba in my mountain region, when I suddenly discovered that shale existed in very considerable quantities, and I thereupon conceived the idea of demonstrating to the blacks that, not only was the Bible narrative a true one, but that it was quite possible to ignite stone; and I would even show them how it was done !
— from The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont by Louis de Rougemont
COMRADES IN VICTORY Combles, September 26th POILU: "Bravo, mon vieux!" TOMMY: "Same to you, mate.
— from Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves
It is very close to the Piot St. John in the Louvre, and analogous in some respects to two other reliefs of great interest, both in Paris, belonging respectively to La Marquise Arconati-
— from Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of
Here were a few highly educated and popular men, some of high rank in the army, and our soldier found himself in very congenial society.
— from Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood
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