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remarque une population exotique exotique
“Il y a en Normandie deux localités où on remarque une population exotique, exotique de costume, exotique de langue; c’est Granville à quatre lieues de Cancale, son berceau, son point de départ; Cancalaises et Granvillaises sont des sœurs séparées par un bras de mer.
— from Normandy by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

rem ut poteris expedias et
cum istis et rem, ut poteris, expedias et mihi quam primum de omnibus rebus rescribas.
— from Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

remarks upon Port Essington ere
I shall now proceed to make some remarks upon Port Essington, ere the subject becomes a matter of history, as I fervently hope the abandonment of the place will render it ere many years have gone by;* but before doing
— from Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by John MacGillivray

return Ubi primum exissent Ep
Footnote 8: (return) "Ubi primum exissent Ep.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 by Various

Romæ ubi præcipuarum Ecclesiarum et
Sancta Barbara, ora pro nobis." Roccha, who published his Commentary 1612, says: "In multis Campanis fit mentio de Anno, in quo facta est Campana , necnon de ipsius Ecclesiæ Rectore, vel optime merito, et Campanæ artifice, ut ego ipse vidi Romæ , ubi præcipuarum Ecclesiarum, et Basilicarum inscriptiones Campanis incisas perlegi.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 243, June 24, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various


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