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notes embellishments etc does not
Melodic design comprising notes foreign to the harmony, passing or grace notes, embellishments etc., does not permit that a florid outline should proceed at the same time with another one, reduced to essential and fundamental notes: [ Listen ] If, in the above example, the upper part is transposed an octave lower, the discordant effect produced by the contact of appoggiaturas and fundamental notes will be diminished; the quicker the passage is played the less harsh the effect will be, and vice versa .
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Neque enim est dea nescia
The fire of this, I confess, “Neque enim est dea nescia nostri Qux dulcem curis miscet amaritiem,” [“Nor is the goddess unknown to me who mixes a sweet bitterness with my love.”—-Catullus, lxviii.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

no entenderán estos despabilados niños
—Por supuesto—dijo doña Perfecta.—¿De qué no entenderán estos despabilados niños del día?
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

noon echŵydd evening Dyddâd n
a segregating Dydoliaeth, n. segregation Dydolwr, n. separator, a divider Dydoni, v. to pare a surface Dydori, v. to break Dydreiddio, v. to penetrate Dydrëu, v. to bore, to pierce Dydrwyno, v. to follow a scent Dydwyllo, v. to deceive Dydwytho, v. to make elastic Dydynu, v. to attract Dydd, n. a day; day-time, Four divisions: bore, morning; anterth, forenoon; nawn, noon; echŵydd, evening Dyddâd, n. a becoming day Dyddamwain, n. a casualty Dyddan, a. alluring, amusing Dyddan-gar, a. diverting Dyddaniad, n. a diverting Dyddanol, a. tending to allure Dyddanu, v. to divert, to amuse Dyddanweh, n. diversion; pleasantness; comfort Dyddanwr, Dyddanydd, a comforter, a consoler; a diverter Dyddarbod, n. providence Dyddarfod, v. not to be ending Dyddarnu, v. to cut in pieces Dyddâu, v. to become day Dyddawed, v. to come Dyddawr, n. a being concerted Dyddeisyf, v. to implore Dyddelu, v. to come Dyddelwi, v. to be as an image Dyddenu, v. to entice Dyddestlu, v. to decorate Dyddfiad, n. a growing pale Dyddfu, v. to grow pale Dyddiad, n. a dating, a date Dyddiadur, n. diary, journal Dyddiant, n. fixing a day Dyddio, v. to become day; to date Dyddigio, v. to irritate Dyddiol, a. daily, diurnal Dyddlyfr, n. an almanac Dyddisgyn, v. to descend Dyddiwr, days-man Dyddolwch, n. worship Dyddon, n. a blank: a. blank Dyddonio, v. to endow Dyddordeb, n. concern Dyddori, v. to be concerned Dyddoriad, n. a caring for Dyddoriant, n. concern, care Dyddosbarthu, v. to analyse Dyddwyn, v. to bear; to convey Dyddwyrain, v. to rise Dyddwyre, v. to ascend Dyddwyso, v. to condense Dyddyfnu, v. to absorb Dyddyfru, v. to water Dyddygyd, v. to convey, to bear Dyddym, n. a mere nothing Dyddamgyrchu, v. to congregate Dyddymant, n. annihilation Dyddymol, a. annihilating Dyddymu, v. to annihilate Dyddyrchafu, v. to elevate Dyddyrchu, v. to rise Dyeithrad, n. estrangement Dyeithr, n. a stranger: a. excepted; strange: conj.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

No es el diente no
No es el diente, no [2] las garras del tigre, no el veneno mortal de la serpiente lo que más se teme en el fondo de estas selvas.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

No es el diente no
[2] No es el diente, no ..., no ..., It is not the ... fang or claws, nor
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

nearly every employer does not
The reason is very simple: nearly every employer does not think that a [70] catastrophe, due to his negligence, will ever happen.
— from Proceedings, Third National Conference Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents by National Conference on Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents

New Englander either did not
But the fleeing New Englander either did not, or would not, hear him.
— from Wyoming by Edward Sylvester Ellis

nostro Eborum et dilecti nobis
Sciatis quod nos ad humilem peticionem tam Dilecti capellani nostri Johannis Nowell, clerici, vicarii ecclesie parochialis de Gegleswycke in Craven in comitatu nostro Eborum et dilecti nobis Henrici Tenant, generosi, quam ceterorum Inhabitancium ville et parochie de Gegleswicke predicta pro Scola Grammaticali in Gygleswicke in Craven in dicto comitatu Eborum erigenda et stabilienda pro institucione, erudicione et instruccione puerorum et juvenum.
— from A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell


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