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revulsit Ezechias quod
In vestibule templi Solomon, liber remediorum cujusque morbi fuit, quem revulsit Ezechias, quod populus neglecto Deo nec invocato, sanitatem inde peteret.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

regibus et quinque
Quo in loco alter de duobus Paganorum regibus et quinque comites occisi occubuerunt, et multa millia Paganae partis in eodem loco.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

reside en que
La razón de esta fertilidad reside en que, al sur del paralelo de los cuarenta grados de latitud sur, soplan constantemente vientos del oeste, que proporcionan humedad a las faldas occidentales de los Andes.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

rebus eis quas
Mihi vero, patres conscripti, iam etiam optanda mors est, perfuncto rebus eis quas adeptus sum quasque gessi.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Rex est qui
Rex est qui metuit nihil; / Rex est qui cupit nihil —He is a king who fears nothing; he is a king who desires nothing.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

regio et quid
All common highways, bridges, banks, corrivations of waters, aqueducts, channels, public works, buildings, &c. out of a [618] common stock, curiously maintained and kept in repair; no depopulations, engrossings, alterations of wood, arable, but by the consent of some supervisors that shall be appointed for that purpose, to see what reformation ought to be had in all places, what is amiss, how to help it, et quid quaeque ferat regio, et quid quaeque recuset , what ground is aptest for woo
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

rigidiōra esse quam
quis nōn intellegit Canachī sīgna rigidiōra esse, quam ut imitentur vēritātem?
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Roots Etsi quorundam
Roots, Etsi quorundam gentium opes sint , saith Bruerinus, the wealth of some countries, and sole food, are windy and bad, or troublesome to the head: as onions, garlic, scallions, turnips, carrots, radishes, parsnips: Crato, lib.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

reason every question
For this reason, every question arising in regard to the usual arrangements ought to be examined in the light of the evidence that comes from the ancient demesne.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

rear effectually quenching
Our down-East schoolmaster, however, could boast of no turn for sentiment, and having remarked us hobnobbing, meanly assaulted us in the rear, effectually quenching for the time all aesthetic enthusiasm."
— from Poets of the South A Series of Biographical and Critical Studies with Typical Poems, Annotated by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter

really ever quarreled
This was the only point upon which they really ever quarreled, and most every time Peanuts, because of his mature judgment and statesmanship, won out.
— from Buffalo Roost A Story of a Young Men's Christian Association Boys' Department by Frank H. (Frank Howbert) Cheley

Ram entered quickly
Ram entered, quickly followed by the others.
— from The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven

R E quamvis
[653] “Dicunt Angligenses burgenses de Sciropesberie multum grave sibi esse quod ipsi reddunt totum geldum sicut reddebant T. R. E. quamvis castellum comitis occupaverit 51 masuras et aliæ 50 masuræ sunt wastæ.” D. B., i., 252.
— from The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. by Ella S. Armitage

receive equal quantities
But they cannot be taught alike, unless all are taught together; nor can they receive equal quantities of knowledge in the same way, except at the common school.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

regiment et qui
Je veux parler du Colonel Tupper, qui a été fait prisonnier à la tête de son regiment; et qui, après avoir été tenu, pendant une heure, dans l'incertitude sur son sort, fut cruellement mis à mort par les ennemis.
— from The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Interspersed with notices of the celebrated Indian chief, Tecumseh, and comprising brief memoirs of Daniel De Lisle Brock, Esq., Lieutenant E.W. Tupper, R.N., and Colonel W. De Vic Tupper by Brock, Isaac, Sir

reasons et quia
et replicat super humeros' for certain symbolic reasons; 'et quia signo crucis auri lamina cessit pro lamina quam pontifex ille
— from Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their development and history by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister


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