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plūr e plūr ibus
—— plūr e plūr ibus plūr ibus a.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

præfecturâ eum publice investivit
Note 42 ( return ) [ Urbis præfectum ad ligiam fidelitatem recepit, et per mantum quod illi donavit de præfecturâ eum publice investivit, qui usque ad id tempus juramento fidelitatis imperatori fuit obligatus et ab eo præfecturæ tenuit honorem, (Gesta Innocent.
— 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

priori elemental principles in
The function of the Pure Reason is, first:—to intuit, by an immediate perception, the a priori elemental principles which condition all being; second,—to intuit, by a like immediate perception, those principles, combined in a priori systematic processes, which are the conditional ideal forms for all being; and third,—again to intuit, by another immediate perception, precisely similar in kind to the others, the fact, at least, of the perfectly harmonious combination of all a priori elemental principles, in all possible systematic processes, into a perfect unity,—an absolute, infinite Person,—God.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

Popes Ecclesiasticall power is
From hence it is, that in all Dominions, where the Popes Ecclesiasticall power is entirely received, Jewes, Turkes, and Gentiles, are in the Roman Church tolerated in their Religion, as farre forth, as in the exercise and profession thereof they offend not against the civill power: whereas in a Christian, though a stranger, not to be of the Roman Religion, is Capitall; because the Pope pretendeth that all Christians are his Subjects.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Popularly eaten preserved in
Popularly eaten preserved in salt.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

part excavation plays in
We see how important a part excavation plays in the construction of the cells; but it would be a great error to suppose that the bees cannot build up a rough wall of wax in the proper position—that is, along the plane of intersection between two adjoining spheres.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

peace everywhere participate in
The justices of the peace everywhere participate in the administration of the townships and the counties, *h either as public officers or as the judges of public misdemeanors, but in most of the States the more important classes of public offences come under the cognizance of the ordinary tribunals.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Præsto et persto I
M. Præsto et persto —I press on and persevere.
— 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.

PRAYER EVENING PRAYER I
Fast 30| e | Saint Andrew, Apostle and Martyr | | —————————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————————————- MORNING PRAYER ||EVENING PRAYER ———————————————————————||——————————————————————- I. LESSON |II.
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

Previously every position in
Previously, every position in the maps of Southern Abyssinia was calculated from a false position, and therefore of necessity wrong.
— from The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir

partly European partly Indian
The dinner was a good one, partly European, partly Indian, but we left early in order to appease Mr. Cordery.
— from India under Ripon: A Private Diary by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

PERIOD EXCLAMATION POINT INTERROGATION
PERIOD, EXCLAMATION POINT, INTERROGATION MARK.
— from English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

Palazzo e paue in
"Giustizia!" exclaimed fifty excited voices, as the grim visage of the fisherman was held towards the light of the moon; "Giustizia in Palazzo e paue in Piazza!"
— from The Bravo: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

pertinent et pro ista
Has vero terras in Leycest'syre et in Staffordsyre dedit Galfridus Ridel et concessit Bertramo et heredibus suis tenendas de illo et de heredibus suis in feodo et hereditate libere et quiete per prenominatum servitium pro omnibus que ad illum pertinent, et pro ista donatione et
— from Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by John Horace Round

palms each palm is
14.] Note 130 ( return ) [ The length of St. Peter's is 840 Roman palms; each palm is very little short of nine English inches.
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Edward Gibbon

Pshaw exclaimed Phlamm impetuously
'Pshaw!' exclaimed Phlamm impetuously; 'you have no Faith, and without that, all Art is a sealed thing.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

phthisi eheu præreptus is
The memorial to William Ralph Churton, 083.png 57 Fellow of Oriel, aged twenty-seven, phthisi eheu præreptus , is to be found in S. Mary’s Church, though not in the position allotted it in this letter; and the big ugly white sarcophagus with fussy details in high relief on a grey ground is certainly no design of Hurrell Froude’s.
— from Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments by Louise Imogen Guiney


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