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Phrases like extemplō suddenly invicem
Phrases like extemplō , suddenly , invicem ( 94 ), in turn , are commonly written and accented as one word.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

packing lading establishment settlement installation
N. location, localization; lodgment; deposition, reposition; stowage, package; collocation; packing, lading; establishment, settlement, installation; fixation; insertion &c. 300. habitat, environment, surroundings (situation) 183; circumjacence &c. 227[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

private landed estate save in
A Levite in Palestine could not, according to the law of Moses when strictly construed, possess any private landed estate save in a Levitical city.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1 by George Thomas Stokes

Poor little Elise stood in
Poor little Elise stood in the peasant’s room, playing with a green leaf, for she had no other toys.
— from Favorite Fairy Tales: The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women by Various

precious little exercise since I
I'm glad of the chance, for I get precious little exercise since I left college.
— from The Fortunes of Oliver Horn by Francis Hopkinson Smith

prohibitory law every saloon in
Upon the passage of the State prohibitory law every saloon in Riverbank had been closed and there had been growlings from the saloon element.
— from Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler

prettiest lady ever seen in
At last he went down stairs, and there on the sofa was the prettiest lady ever seen in Ireland!
— from Myths and Myth-Makers Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by John Fiske

Paris Liverpool expressly says it
In his letters to Castlereagh at Paris, Liverpool expressly says it would be better for us, rather than any other Power, to detain him, and writes not a word about treating him as vermin.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

perfectly level expanse so ingeniously
The sultry afternoon was already far advanced, when the weary eye was refreshed by a glimpse of the verdant plain of Sultélli, a perfectly level expanse, so ingeniously overgrown with pale green vegetation as to furnish an exact representation of a wide lake covered with floating duckweed, around which numerous camels were busily browsing on the rank herbage.
— from The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir


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