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poteuão vzare cõ le
inpoſto deL ſuo re et como nõ poteuão vzare cõ le ſue donne eſendo gentilli ſenza grandiſſimo pecato et como li aſeguraua q̃ eſſendo
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

powerful voice c loud
— N. voice; vocality[obs3]; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice, fine voice, powerful voice &c. (loud) 404; musical voice &c. 413; intonation; tone of voice &c. (sound) 402.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

paper very circumspectly listening
He withdrew his attention to his paper very circumspectly, listening mentally for the little sounds which should show him what was on foot.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

parāvī vocāvī cūrāvī laudāvī
Like amāvī inflect parāvī , vocāvī , cūrāvī , laudāvī .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

prima volta che lui
Granno fa un signore, che non so come si chiame; e la prima volta che lui recita.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

public voice called loudly
It was manifest that the impunity with which these outrages were committed arose mainly from the total absence of any protection on the part of the government for those settlers who had advanced their estancias beyond the old forts within the line of the Salado, and the public voice called loudly for some prompt remedies for the evil, the most efficacious of which appeared to be the adoption of some one of the many plans from time to time proposed for a new line of military posts to cover the rural population south of that river; the hilly ranges of the Vuulcan, especially, seemed to present a natural frontier which it appeared only necessary to occupy to secure the object; but the information respecting all that part of the country was still exceedingly imperfect; and it was determined, therefore, in the first instance, to send out an exploratory expedition to examine them.
— from Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata Their Present State, Trade, and Debt by Parish, Woodbine, Sir

prophetic vision could look
But Scott's prophetic vision could look beyond all this and see something, if not all, of the transformation which was to be wrought in the next twelve years.
— from The Country of Sir Walter Scott by Charles S. (Charles Sumner) Olcott

pleasant voice called Little
Nearly opposite the Farley home, their side door suddenly opened and a pleasant voice called: "Little girl, come in here, and wait until the shower is over; you will be wet to the skin."
— from Little Fishers: and Their Nets by Pansy

puis vn chacun luy
[477] The witches of Poictiers in 1574 'dansoyent à l'entour du bouc: puis vn chacun luy baisoit le derriere'.
— from The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology by Margaret Alice Murray

puis vn chacun luy
[145] aux assistans, & dansoyent a l'entour du bouc: puis vn chacun luy baisoit le derriere, auec vne chandelle ardente.'
— from The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology by Margaret Alice Murray

points vet courtly love
Though the ideals of this court and those of Christianity are in accord at many points, vet courtly love and Christian morality are irreconcilable.
— from Four Arthurian Romances by Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century

Pg vii Cloister Life
444 [Pg vii] Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V., 520 Doddridge, and some of his Friends, 77 Donkeys at Smithfield, 97
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

Permutare velis crine Licymnim
"Num tu, qux tenuit dives Achaemenes, Aut pinguis Phrygiae Mygdonias opes, Permutare velis crine Licymnim?
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 15 by Michel de Montaigne

Papers Vassar College Library
[92] May 26, 1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Vassar College Library.
— from Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian by Alma Lutz


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