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libertatis effecit ut diu
We did not spondere magnatum favoribus, qui caeperunt nos amplecti , apply ourselves with that readiness we should: idleness, love of liberty, immodicus amor libertatis effecit ut diu cum perfidis amicis , as he confesseth, et pertinaci pauperate colluctarer , bashfulness, melancholy, timorousness, cause many of us to be too backward and remiss.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

los Estados Unidos de
Es casi tan grande como los Estados Unidos de América, pero tiene solamente una quinta parte de su población.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

los Estados Unidos dos
1870 envió el gobierno de los Estados Unidos dos comisiones de ingenieros a reconocer el terreno de los istmos de Darién en Colombia, y de Tehuantepec en Méjico, para determinar cuál de las dos vías presentaba menores dificultades y ofrecía mayores ventajas.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

los educandos un derecho
Algunos países todavía imponen a los educandos un derecho pecuniario que se paga al recibir la matrícula.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

los Estados Unidos donde
Todo lo contrario de lo que ocurre en los Estados Unidos donde el territorio es un trapecio casi llano, extendido de mar a mar, con uniformes condiciones de suelo y aire, apenas contradichas débilmente en el termómetro.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Looser E Ueber die
Looser, E. : Ueber die Knochenveraenderungen beim Skorbut, Jahrb.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

lege et usanze di
è obligato a fare a la Magiestà sua, segondo le lege et usanze di questo regno. "
— from The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

los Estados Unidos de
Comisario Ordenador de los Reales Exercitos de Su Magestad Catholica y su Ministro Embiado cerca de los Estados Unidos de America.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various

literary education under Daurat
Among the French teachers in England at this time were also two Frenchmen of considerable literary distinction—Nicolas Bourbon, the Latin poet and well-known scholar, friend of Rabelais and Marot; and Nicolas Denisot, who likewise held an important place among French humanists, and finished his literary education under Daurat, the famous Hellenist.
— from The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period by K. Rebillon (Kathleen Rebillon) Lambley

life even unto death
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation by William Milligan

lasted even until death
,” said Dagoucin, “since I have given an example to show how the love of a virtuous gentleman lasted even until death, I pray you, if you know any such story to the honour of a lady, to tell it to us, and so end this day.
— from The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

less emphasis upon dogma
A second effect of the war, closely related to this, is that religious education will concern itself more directly with life, and will put less emphasis upon dogma, especially upon those refinements of creed which have operated divisively in the life of the Christian Church.
— from Religion and the War by Yale University. Divinity School

little essay Ueber Deutsches
The difference may best be realized by reading Wagner's admirable little essay, Ueber Deutsches Musikwesen , republished in the first volume of his collected works.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, November, 1878 by Various

lads even unto death
Instinctive, habitual thievery lashed into lads, even unto death, 323 B. C. would necessarily carry with tremendous pertinacity; probably not unto this year of our Lord, but possibly so.
— from Criminal Types by V. M. (Vincent Myron) Masten

Leben erkannt und dargelegt
“Diese [die enge Erdgebundenheit] in ihrer ganzen tiefgreifenden Bedeutung für das staatliche Leben erkannt und dargelegt zu haben, bleibt freilich für immer ein großes Verdienst der ‘Politischen Geographie’ ...”—O. Schlüter, “Die leitenden Gesichtspunkte d. Anthropogeogr.,” Arch.
— from The Theory of Environment An Outline of the History of the Idea of Milieu, and Its Present Status, part 1 by Armin Hajman Koller


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