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per vicum quendam Mediolanensem animadverti
Transiens per vicum quendam Mediolanensem, animadverti pauperem quendam mendicum, jam credo saturum, jocantem atque ridentem, et ingemui et locutus sum cum amicis qui mecum erant, &c. 3774 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

per vedere quelle magnificenze antiche
According to Polistoro (Murat. xxiv. col. 845), Niccolò and Ugo of Este journeyed in 1366 to Rome, ‘per vedere quelle magnificenze antiche, che al presente sipossono vedere in Roma.’
— from The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt

pars vini qmodo alteri
Quod si dicatur, quod hæc repugnant positioni supra firmatæ, circa partium essentialem ordinationem inter se: quandoquidem videmus, quod in corporibus fluidis ac tenuibus una pars non servat ordinem essentialem ad aliam, sed accidentalem tantum, ita ut hæc pars vini, qmodo alteri parti contigua est, mox inverso vase, aut moto vino, alteri parti unitur, et sic omnes partes diversam positionem habent quantumvis semper idem vinum sit, et ex hoc sequeretur, quod talium animalium corpora figurata stabiliter non essent, et consequenter, nec organica.
— from Demoniality; or, Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari

Pitch Volume Quality Movement Accent
No. 1 contains a chapter on the Principles of Elocution, embracing the subject of Elementary Sounds, Pitch, Volume, Quality, Movement, Accent, Emphasis, Articulation, Gesture, etc.
— from 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by Benjamin Adams Hathaway


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