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Protestants received eight strongholds partly as

Protestants received eight strongholds, partly as cities of refuge and partly as guarantees.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

present rule each side presents a

Under the present rule, each side presents a long list of instructions for the Judge to give to the jury.
— from Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 by Franklin Hichborn

prevailed respecting etymology syntax pronunciation and

But the irreconcilable diversity of opinions, which has always prevailed, respecting etymology, syntax, pronunciation, and other cardinal points, militated against the success on any very grand scale of an official Primer; and the Tudors, arbitrary and absolute as they were in all questions of political significance, were not prompted by the feeling of the time to resort in such a case as this to penal and peremptory
— from Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters A Contribution to the History of Educational Development in Great Britain by William Carew Hazlitt

pulchrum resplendentem et summè preciosum ad

rubetum orientalem, nobilem, purum, pulchrum, resplendentem, et summè preciosum, ad longitudinem pedis humani, quem habet diligentèr seruare, quod dum eo caret non tenetur pro Rege.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

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