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rules is very easy
If you do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the rules is very easy.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Res imprimis violenta est
Res imprimis violenta est , as Hierom notes, this common applause is a most violent thing, laudum placenta , a drum, fife, and trumpet cannot so animate; that fattens men, erects and dejects them in an instant.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

root is very effectually
The root is very effectually used in pills, as well as the decoction, or otherwise, to stay all sharp and thin defluxions of rheum from the head into the eyes or nose, or upon the stomach or lungs, as also for coughs and shortness of breath.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper


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