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Paron sparsasque per aequor Cycladas et
On the other hand he shows a keen enjoyment of the pleasure of sailing past famous and beautiful scenes with a fair wind and in smooth water— Linquimus Ortygiae portas pelagoque volamus Bacchatamque iugis Naxon, viridemque Donysam, Olearon, niveamque Paron, sparsasque per aequor Cycladas, et crebris legimus freta consita terris.
— from The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

parroquies singular parroquia Andorra Canillo Encamp
Andorra la Vella Administrative divisions: 7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra, Canillo, Encamp, La Massana, Les Escaldes, Ordino, Sant Julia de Loria Independence: 1278 National holiday: Mare de Deu de Meritxell, 8 September Constitution: Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991; adopted
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Professor Skeat published A Concise Etymological
In 1882 Professor Skeat published "A Concise Etymological Dictionary," which is something more than an abridgment, and a book which should find a place in all libraries of reference.
— from How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

P signifie plus au commerce et
P signifie plus au commerce, et à
— from A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Augustus De Morgan

parroquies singular parroquia Andorra Canillo Encamp
la Vella Administrative divisions: 7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra, Canillo, Encamp, La Massana, Les Escaldes, Ordino, Sant Julia de Loria Independence: 1278 National holiday: Mare de Deu de Meritxell, 8 September Constitution: Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991; adopted 14 March 1993
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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