sing, fīlī ), m. son fīnis, -is , m. boundary, limit, end; in plur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

‘ out of ’ = L. ex-) is privative, as in orsorg, orwēna; or denotes origin, antiquity, as in oreald.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

In China, the great ambition of every man is to get possession of a little bit of land, either in property or in lease; and leases are there said to be granted upon very moderate terms, and to be sufficiently secured to the lessees.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

[FR] [FR] Christian Boitet (Grenoble) #Directeur du GETA (Groupe d'étude pour la traduction automatique), qui participe à l'UNLP (Universal Networking Language Programme) Au sein du Laboratoire CLIPS (Communication langagière et interaction personne-système) de l'IMAG (Institut d'informatique et mathématiques appliquées de Grenoble), le GETA (Groupe d'étude pour la traduction automatique), dirigé par Christian Boitet, est une équipe pluridisciplinaire formée d'informaticiens et de linguistes.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

176 Lycia was originally called Milyas; but the name was afterwards applied to the high table in the north of Lycia, extending into Pisidia.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

They usually added salt to the flour, excepting in certain localities, especially in Paris, where, on account of its price, they only mixed it with the expensive qualities.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

He will also do well, if he has some regard to the neighbouring states, if he intends that his community should maintain any political intercourse with them, for it is not only necessary that they should understand that practice of war which is adapted to their own country, but to others also; for admitting that any one chooses not this life either in public or private, yet there is not the less occasion for their being formidable to their enemies, not only when they invade their country, but also when they retire out of it.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

Substitutions, and hence, sudden alterations, occur when the material of language, especially in primitive tongues, contains only simple differentiations.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Leaving Etampes, I passed through the beautiful villages of Sceaux, Bourg-la-Reine, and Fontenay-aux-Roses; the latter still contains the ruins of the Palace of Colbert, the celebrated minister of Louis XIV.
— from A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot by W. D. (William Dorset) Fellowes

2. In temptations, his wisdom is no less employed in permitting them, than in bringing them to a good issue.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

The fact that Nît, Isis, and, generally speaking, all the feudal goddesses, were the chiefs of their local Enneads, is proved by the epithets applied to them, which represent them as having independent creative power by virtue of their own unaided force and energy, like the god at the head of the Heliopolitan Ennead.
— from History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

He rejoices that what seemed to be an irrepressible conflict between Law and Liberty at last ended in Peace.
— from The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851: An Historical Sketch by W. U. (William Uhler) Hensel

We have no means of localizing, either in point of time or place, the incident here recorded by our Evangelist, and which, by the way, only St. Luke mentions.
— from Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke by Henry Burton

And whether because it was not very easy to take the most perfect care of such a large piece of ground, or because Don Mariano as a man of taste did not wish to impose upon Nature his own law, by establishing in her demesne a tyrannical system of geometrical crosses and lines, at any rate it offered all the lawless vigor, the exuberance, and the spontaneity, which it is not customary to find any longer except in provincial gardens managed according to a broad and tolerant Spanish fashion.
— from The Marquis of Peñalta (Marta y María): A Realistic Social Novel by Armando Palacio Valdés

"I always was right lucky, except in pickin' pardners," he declared.
— from The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach

General Washington was at the time on the lines, examining in person the condition of the works on Stony and Verplank's Points; in consequence of which, the intelligence which was transmitted to head quarters that the fleet had sailed, could not be immediately communicated to the governor of Connecticut, and the first intimation which that state received of its danger, was given by the appearance of the enemy.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall