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my infant days how I rejoice
Friend of my infant days, how I rejoice, 240 Lautaro cried, once more to hear that voice!
— from The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by William Lisle Bowles

modicam inde destantiam habetur Insula Rotonigo
Ad modicam inde destantiam habetur Insula Rotonigo abundans in bonis pluribus: sed et in Austrum sequuntur aliæ plures regiones et Insulæ, de quibes prolixum narrare fuisset.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

my inquisitiveness displeased him I rose
During the time I sat by his side he asked many questions about myself and many of our schoolfellows; but on my questioning him in turn about himself, his way of life, and his future plans, he avoided entering into any explanation: indeed, he gave such short and evasive answers, that, thinking my inquisitiveness displeased him, I rose to take my leave.
— from Reminiscences of Captain Gronow by R. H. (Rees Howell) Gronow

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