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Nec ipsa capiet eum
Note 70 ( return ) [ Nec ipsa capiet eum (the emperor Otho) in qua ortus est pauper et pellicea Saxonia: pecunia qua pollemus omnes nationes super eum invitabimus: et quasi Keramicum confringemus, (Liutprand in Legat.
— 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

Now I can explain
Now I can explain it all to myself,” said Raskolnikov, addressing Lebeziatnikov.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

now I can explain
This sum (now I can explain it all to you, my precious Rodya) she took chiefly in order to send you sixty roubles, which you needed so terribly then and which you received from us last year.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

nostros iustitia culta est
In quo tantopere apud nostros iustitia culta est, ut ii, qui civitates aut nationes devictas bello in fidem recepissent, earum patroni essent more maiorum.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

name if circumstances ever
Even though you are one of the favored ones abroad who receive their gentle courtesy, you may rest assured that the heartless egotism which makes them rude and selfish at home, will make their friendship but a name, if circumstances ever put it to the test.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

now I can enjoy
We have such funny times, and now I can enjoy them, for everyone is so desperately good, it's like living in a nest of turtledoves.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

nesciat in causa est
Quod unusquisque propria mala novit, aliorum nesciat, in causa est, ut se inter alios miserum putet.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

now Inc c E
Fragments known:—Bodleian (part of D 2: marked Auct R. supra 17: now Inc. c. E 7. 1); Jesus College, Oxford (part of a leaf of index): Mr. E. G. Duff possesses a Valerius Maximus of 1519, in a Cambridge binding (about 1520), the boards of which are entirely made up of the Oxford Lyndewoode; from the Hailstone Library.
— from The Early Oxford Press A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations by Falconer Madan

no Ingles could even
In the great metropolis of Ife, surrounded by miles of massive concentric walls, the Yoruba had lived for generations in wide family compounds built of white clay, their courtyards open to light and air, walking streets paved with brick and stone, wearing embroidered robes woven of finest cotton, sculpting lost-wax bronzes whose artistry no Ingles could even imagine.
— from Caribbee by Thomas Hoover

Nautical instruments charts etc
Nautical instruments, charts, etc.: Nautical instruments, charts, books, private flags, clothes, etc., are personal belongings, and are not part of a boat’s fittings or furniture, unless so specified in the inventory.
— from Hints to Young Yacht Skippers by Thomas Fleming Day

Now I can empty
"Now I can empty my canteen in the coffee-pot, sure of a fresh supply of water by the time I am ready to mosey along.
— from The Round-Up: A Romance of Arizona; Novelized from Edmund Day's Melodrama by Marion Mills Miller

nor imported corn either
That the villages were self-supporting communities, which neither exported nor imported corn either to or from abroad, or to and from each other.
— from Early London: Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Norman by Walter Besant

not I can easily
Of course I may be mistaken, but if not I can easily prove what I say.”
— from The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered by Grace Brooks Hill


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