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Paphiam Venerem Cretes sagittiferi Dictynnam
[948] Me primigenii Phryges Pessinuntiam nominant Deûm Matrem: hinc Autochthones Attici Cecropiam Minervam: illinc fluctuantes Cyprii Paphiam Venerem: Cretes sagittiferi Dictynnam Dianam.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

Pine Valley Colorado Springs dedicated
Established in three regional centers, for the three major divisions of the North American continent, in Geyserville, in the Californian hills (1927), at Green Acre, situated on the banks of the Piscataqua in the state of Maine (1929), and at Louhelen Ranch near Davison, Michigan (1931), and recently supplemented by the International School founded at Pine Valley, Colorado Springs, dedicated to the training of Bahá’í teachers wishing to serve in other lands and especially in Latin America, these three embryonic Bahá’í educational institutions have, through a steady expansion of their programs, set an example worthy of emulation by other Bahá’í communities in both the East and the West.
— from God Passes By by Effendi Shoghi

packed very closely stem down
They must be packed very closely, stem down.
— from Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains by Mary Roberts Rinehart

personality very clearly said Daddy
'That's because Henry never realised her personality very clearly,' said Daddy, seeing by her colour that she needed explanation.
— from A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote) by Algernon Blackwood

putare volunt cecidisse stellam ductricem
Hic locus est multùm artificiosè operatus marmore, et generosè depictus auro et argento, variòque colore, cui propè ad tres passus est præsepe in quo reclinabatur natus Dominus, ibíque videtur puteus quidam, in quo aliqui putare volunt cecidisse stellam ductricem trium Magorum, post eius peractum officium.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

premise various conclusions some doctrinal
From this premise various conclusions, some doctrinal and some ethical, were drawn.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles by Alfred Plummer

pur votre coeur Sans doute
De ce monument sans exemple, Couple auguste, l'aspect bien doux pur votre coeur Sans doute vous plaira plus qu'un palais,
— from The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge

probably very correctly so designated
This has been derived from the buccaneers, who for so long a time infested the bayores and creeks near the mouth of the Mississippi, and whose luggage was probably very correctly so designated.
— from Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat


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