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omnes nomina mutuantur

121 “Planetarum nempe, qui omnes nomina mutuantur a diis.”
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

of Natividad Mexico

—The expedition sailed from the port of Natividad, Mexico, November 21, 1564, under the command of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

operation necessitates my

The operation necessitates my presence for the construction of a furnace, and for the great care necessary, far the least mistake will spoil all.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

of naughtiness mischievousness

travesura f (piece of) naughtiness, mischievousness ('with skill and ingenuity,' A. ).
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

of noble minds

35 That last infirmity of noble minds.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

our new mayor

The carrier-boy can only say further that early this morning she filled his basket with New Year's addresses, assuring him that the whole city, with our new mayor and the aldermen and common council at its head, would make a general rush to secure copies.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

of neutral markets

Unless, therefore, the present Allies are prepared to encourage the importation of German products, a substantial increase in total volume can only be effected by the wholesale swamping of neutral markets.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

of not more

He made wheels of about fifteen feet in diameter, and in these wheels he enclosed the ends of the stone; then he fastened two-inch crossbars from wheel to wheel round the stone, encompassing it, so that there was an interval of not more than one foot between bar and bar.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

O noble Majesty

“Trample not upon thy beseeching worms, O noble Majesty!” “Pity thy slaves, and comfort them with a royal kick!”
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Our northern music

Our northern music is choked in the sand of over-business, prisoned by northern stiffness, but shy, stiff, awkward though it may be, the divine thing is there, as groundwater 196 is present where there is land; and nothing can keep our children from buying (generally with their own earnings) instruments of one sort or another, and picking up lessons.
— from A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards

or no may

For, at this rate, any very ignorant person, who can but make a proposition, and knows what he means when he says ay or no, may make a million of propositions of whose truth he may be infallibly certain, and yet not know one thing in the world thereby; v.g. 'what is a soul, is a soul;' or, 'a soul is a soul;' 'a spirit is a spirit;' 'a fetiche is a fetiche,' &c.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by John Locke

of nine mutations

The instructions on this head are, that for a piece of nine mutations, let the spindle be, at the large end, one inch in diameter, and continue that thickness as far as the seventh mutation, and from thence to the fifth, let its diameter be three-quarters of an inch.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

on now much

was in Scotland , a king ouerruled with parasites, mifled by lust, & many circumstances, too long to trattle on now, much like our 110 court of Scotland this day, that story haue I set down, gang with me to the gallery, & Ile shew thee the same in Action, by guid fellowes of our country men, and then when thou seest that, iudge if any wise man would not leaue the world if he could. Ober.
— from The Scottish History of James the Fourth 1598 by Robert Greene

Oh no my

"Oh, no, my man!"
— from The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest

of nothing made

Others out of nothing made great things, and made great things return to nothing.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

one nor more

3. No member shall be allowed to take any intoxicating spirits to any meeting of the Den; nor shall any member be allowed to attend a meeting while intoxicated; and for every appearance at a meeting in such condition, he shall be fined the sum of not less than one nor more than five dollars, to go into the revenue of the Order.
— from Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by John C. Lester

of nothing more

Do you expect us to accept your proposal on the basis of nothing more than words?
— from The Women-Stealers of Thrayx by Fox B. Holden

or never meet

Tis true, they assemble on Sundays at church or chapel when their devotions forbid the gaiety which ought to vary the grave pursuits of life—and they meet also in the common receptacle of mortality in the parish cemetery—but they seldom or never meet to cheer life’s dull round, to soften asperities, to remove formal distances, to cultivate friendships, and to perform social and neighbourly offices of courtesy and kindness.
— from A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir

of nebulous matter

It was wonderful how many puzzles were absolutely intangible, not even tangled threads, but a sort of nebulous matter that dispersed itself on investigation.
— from The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

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