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place of military exercise lit
Campus Martius —A place of military exercise ( lit. field of Mars).
— 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.

probatioris of more eminent lit
12 iustitiae probatioris = of more eminent (lit. tested ) justice .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

portraits of mediæval English ladies
Swathed in a closely fitting black dress with a mass of lace at her neck and sleeves, with sharp elbows and long pink fingers, she recalled the portraits of mediæval English ladies.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

purpose of more exactly localizing
In some of these operations the cortex has been electrically excited for the purpose of more exactly localizing the spot, and the movements first observed in dogs and monkeys have then been verified in men.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

pattern of Mr Ellis Lever
It is the enormous daily flow of population toward the centre that chokes the channels of locomotion, and the wisest method of checking this flow is to make it unnecessary, by establishing manufacturing colonies, on the pattern of Mr. Ellis Lever's and Mr. Cadbury's colonies at Port Sunlight and Bourneville.
— from The Quest of the Simple Life by W. J. (William James) Dawson

property of Mrs Ernest Leverson
(Formerly the property of Mrs Ernest Leverson, now of Miss K. Doulton.) VII.
— from Aubrey Beardsley by Robert Baldwin Ross

presence of mine enemies LOVE
[LOVE] prepareth a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: [LOVE] anointeth my head with oil; my cup 578:15 runneth over.
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

petition of Mr Eaton late
These transactions were, from time to time, not only communicated by our agents to Government, but were laid before Congress in February, eighteen hundred and four, in the documents accompanying the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Mr. Eaton, late Consul at Tunis, which committee expressed their decided approbation of his official conduct, and to which report the committee beg leave to refer.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

prelude of mutual embarrassment Lance
After a prelude of mutual embarrassment, Lance had succumbed frankly to Lady Sinclair's unexpected charm and her shy irresistible overtures to friendship:—so frankly, that he was able, now, to hint at his earlier perplexity.
— from Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Maud Diver

presence of mind enough left
Clarke and his friend actually did depart, but Jim still had presence of mind enough left to groan out an entreaty to Charlie and my master that they would remain—an appeal so pathetic that there was no resisting it.
— from The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed

property of Mr Ephraim Lane
The Bismuth mine in which these ores are found is the property of Mr. Ephraim Lane.
— from American Journal of Science, Vol. 1. by Various

part of my earthly life
If I remember her at all it is as a vision, more like a glimpse of a pre-natal existence than as a part of my earthly life.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes


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