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met at regular intervals and now and
The Boeotarchs appear to have met at regular intervals, and now and again to have succeeded in mustering a national levy.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Meccam apportavit rem ibi aut nunquam aut
Nivem Meccam apportavit, rem ibi aut nunquam aut rarissime visam.
— 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

Modified Abnormal Response in A Nerve and
116.—Modified Abnormal Response in (A) Nerve and (M) Metal converted into Normal, after Continuous Stimulation (A) is the record for nerve (recording galvanometer not being dead-beat shows after-oscillation); the abnormal ‘up’ is converted into normal ‘down’ after continuous stimulation.
— from Response in the Living and Non-Living by Jagadis Chandra Bose

Michael Angelo Rossetti is a name absolutely
It must be remembered that Michael Angelo Rossetti is a name absolutely unknown to us.
— from Ex Voto: An Account of the Sacro Monte or New Jerusalem at Varallo-Sesia With Some Notice of Tabachetti's Remaining Work at the Sanctuary of Crea by Samuel Butler

mine and really I am not at
It's a new idea of mine, and, really, I am not at all ashamed of it.
— from The Brentons by Anna Chapin Ray


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