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may even require considerable effort
But where the objective difference is less, discrimination need not so inevitably occur, and may even require considerable effort of attention to be performed at all.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

m equitô ride cavalry equus
eô , adv. to that place, thither Êpîrus, -î , f. Epi´rus , a district in the north of Greece eques, -itis , m. [ equus , horse ], horseman, cavalryman equitâtus, -ûs , m. [ equitô , ride ], cavalry equus, -î , m. horse ê-rigô, -ere, -rêxî, -rêctus [ ê , out , + regô , make straight ], raise up ê-ripiô, -ere, -uî, -reptus [ ê , out of , + rapiô , seize ], seize, rescue ê-rumpô, -ere, -rûpî, -ruptus [ ê , forth , + rumpô , break ], burst forth êruptiô, -ônis , f. sally Erymanthius, -a, -um , adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

m equitō ride cavalry equus
[ equus , horse ], horseman, cavalryman equitātus, -ūs , m. [ equitō , ride ], cavalry equus, -ī , m. horse ē-rigō, -ere, -rēxī, -rēctus [ ē , out , + regō , make straight ], raise up ē-ripiō, -ere, -uī, -reptus [ ē , out of , + rapiō , seize ], seize, rescue ē-rumpō, -ere, -rūpī, -ruptus [ ē , forth , + rumpō , break ], burst forth ēruptiō, -ōnis ,
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Martin Esq Rev C E
Rev. Dr. J. H. Vincent, Rev. Dr. G. M. Steele, Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D., Prof. W. G. Williams, A.M., Bishop H. W. Warren, A. M. Martin, Esq., Rev. C. E. Hall, and others will contribute to the coming volume.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, June 1883 by Chautauqua Institution

made each report called each
There are a number of reports of bolides in the Blue Book files and each pilot who made each report called each bolide a UFO.
— from The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt

My earliest recollection curiously enough
My earliest recollection, curiously enough, is of my schoolboy days, although I had so few.
— from Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Howard R. (Howard Roscoe) Driggs

Martin Esq Rev C E
Rev. Dr. J. H. Vincent, Rev. Dr. G. M. Steele, Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D., Prof. W. G. Williams, A.M., Bishop H. W. Warren, A. M. Martin, Esq., Rev. C. E. Hall, A.M., Rev. E. D. McCreary, A.M., and others, will contribute to the current volume.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, November 1883 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. by Chautauqua Institution

My earliest recollection curiously enough
My earliest recollection, curiously enough, is of my schoolboy days, of which I had so few.
— from The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker Ventures and adventures; sixty-three years of pioneer life in the old Oregon country; an account of the author's trip across the plains with an ox team; return trip, 1906-7; his cruise on Puget Sound, 1853; trip through the Natchess pass, 1854; over the Chilcoot pass; flat-boating on the Yukon, 1898. The Oregon trail. by Ezra Meeker

manly energy resolved consecration everything
In Him are all power, manly energy, resolved consecration; everything which men call heroism is there.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren

manifestam eminentiam respectu caeterorum exteriorum
Caput habet manifestam eminentiam respectu caeterorum exteriorum membrorum; sed cor habet quandam influentiam occultam.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

Madam Everard requesting Colonel Everard
Just then a maid-servant came down with a message from Madam Everard, requesting Colonel Everard to come to his daughter’s room.
— from Roger Kyffin's Ward by William Henry Giles Kingston


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