use to denote person or thing interested, benefited, harmed, 1205 , 1315 ; with similis , 1204 ; with interjections, 1206 ; with sentences, 1207 ; with verbs denoting warding off , robbing , ridding , 1209 ; with verbs of motion, 1210 ; emotional, 1211 ; of possessor, 1212-1216 , 1478 , 2181 , 2243 ; with compounds of sum , 1212 ; with mihī̆ est nōmen , &c., 1213 , 1214 ; of the doer of an action, 1215 , 1216 , 1478 , 2181 , 2243 ; of relation, 1217 , 1218 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
Pius et triumphator semper Augustus filius noster Anthemius, licet Divina Majestas et nostra creatio pietati ejus plenam Imperii commiserit potestatem, &c..... Such is the dignified style of Leo, whom Anthemius respectfully names, Dominus et
— 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
these could be called sensible people; but with such a mad Englishwoman nothing could be done.'
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
Thus, for the List of Verbs (§§ 922-1022 ), he made entirely new collections, and admitted no form among the ‘principal parts’ unless actually found represented in the authors.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
‘“Miss Earnshaw? Nonsense!” cried the dame; “Miss Earnshaw scouring the country with a gipsy!
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
No wonder then that in such a taking, and devoured by flames that licked up all modesty and reserve, my eyes, now charged brimful of the most intense desire, fired on my companion very intelligible signal of distress: my companion, I say, who grew in them every instant more amiable, and more necessary to my urgent wishes and hopes of immediate ease.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland
He was very skilful in fencing, and is always represented with his magic Excalibur named Chan-yao Kuai, ‘Devil-slaying Sabre,’ and in one hand holds a fly-whisk, Yün-chou, or ‘Cloud-sweeper,’ a symbol common in Taoism of being able to fly at will through the air and to walk on the clouds of Heaven.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Tom’s mother entered now, closing the door behind her, and approached her son with all the wheedling and supplicating servilities that fear and interest can impart to the words and attitudes of the born slave.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
C'est pour l'instant juste un moyen de communication de plus (mail) avec nos clients des magasins et nos clients bibliothèques et centres de documentation.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
It's a strange thing:— By the way, you must eat no cheese, Nab, it breeds melancholy, And that same melancholy breeds worms; but pass it:— He told me, honest Nab here was ne'er at tavern But once in's life! DRUG.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
Best Image of my self and dearer half, The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep Affects me equally; nor can I like This uncouth dream, of evil sprung I fear; Yet evil whence?
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
It is grown a fashion of late to write lives: I now, and for a long time, have had leisure sufficient to undertake mine, but want materials for the latter part of it; for my existence now cannot properly be called living, but what the painters term still life , having ever since March 13th been confined in this town gaol for a London debt.
— from Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 1 (of 3) by John Ireland
This invention was not much extolled, nor can it be commended as beautiful by any man of judgment; and for a work of such cost, in a place so celebrated, Bandinelli, if he despised architecture, or had no knowledge of it, should have availed himself of someone living at that time with [Pg 72] the knowledge and ability to do better.
— from Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by Giorgio Vasari
The upper house is composed of the princes of the royal family who are of age, and a few other princes; the heads of certain noble families, life peers chosen by the king from rich land-owners, great manufacturers, and celebrated men, eight noblemen chosen by the eight former provinces of Prussia; representatives of universities, the burgomasters of towns having over fifty thousand inhabitants; and any number of members nominated by the king for life, or for a limited period.
— from Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia by Oliver Optic
Association of American Publishers, Inc.: BY ALEXANDER C. HOFFMAN, Chairman, Copyright Committee. (iii) Guidelines With Respect to Music In a joint letter dated April 30,1976, representatives of the Music Publishers' Association of the United States, Inc., the National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., the Music Teachers National Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the National Association of Schools of Music, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Copyright Law Revision, wrote to Chairman Kastenmeier as follows: "During the hearings on H.R. 2223 in June 1975, you and several of your subcommittee members suggested that concerned groups should work together in developing guidelines which would be helpful to clarify Section 107 of the bill.
— from Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Herrick addresses him as 'the most accomplished gentleman, Master Edward Norgate, Clerk of the Signet to his Majesty,' and remarks that 'For one so rarely tun'd to fit all parts, For one to whom espoused are all the arts, Long have I sought for, but could never see Them all concentered in one man but thee'— a flattering tribute to the universality of Norgate's talents.
— from Old Picture Books, With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
It will appear on the first day of every month, each number containing thirty-two octavo pages.
— from New York Journal of Pharmacy, Volume 1 (of 3), 1852 Published by Authority of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. by College of Pharmacy of the City of New York
Regardez glissant, mes enfants ," Noreen cried, tying her hair-ribbon with desperate speed.
— from Head of the Lower School by Dorothea Moore
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