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somnio congruerunt convenitque inter eos
Id 15 luce proxima consulibus sacrificio vel expiaturis, si posset averti, vel, si certum deorum etiam monitu visum foret, exsecuturis, hostiarum exta somnio congruerunt, convenitque inter eos, cuius cornu prius laborare coepisset, ut is capite suo fata patriae lueret.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

St Clare came in embraced
St. Clare came in, embraced his wife in true, orthodox, husbandly fashion, and then presented to her his cousin.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

States Centennial Commission International Exhibition
[11] Francis A. Walker, ed., United States Centennial Commission, International Exhibition, 1876, Reports and Awards, Group XV (Philadelphia, 1877), p. 5.
— from Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh

she cried Cock I entreat
Then she cried, "Cock, I entreat thee to run as fast thou canst, and fetch me some water, or I shall choke."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

story club came into existence
This was how the story club came into existence.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

so called came into existence
But civil architecture, properly so called, came into existence only with an already advanced state of civilization, when cities were forming and peoples were organizing.
— from The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 by Various

Supreme Court chairman is elected
Council of Ministers proposed by the prime minister, nominated by the president, and approved by parliament elections: president elected by the People's Assembly for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 24 June 2002 (next to be held June 2007); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Alfred MOISIU elected president; People's Assembly vote by number - total votes 134: for 97, against 19, abstained 14, invalid votes 4 Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi (140 seats; 100 are elected by direct popular vote and 40 by proportional vote for four-year terms) elections: last held 3 July 2005 (next to be held in 2009) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PD 56, PS 42, PR 11, PSD 7, LSI 5, other 19 Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term), and multiple appeals and district courts Political parties and leaders: Agrarian Environmentalist Party or PAA
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Supreme Court chairman is elected
Prime Minister Sali BERISHA (since 10 September 2005) cabinet: Council of Ministers proposed by the prime minister, nominated by the president, and approved by parliament elections: president elected by the People's Assembly for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); four election rounds held between 8 and 20 July 2007 (next election to be held in 2012); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Bamir TOPI elected president; People's Assembly vote, fourth round (three-fifths majority (84 votes) required): Bamir TOPI 85 votes, Neritan CEKA 5 votes Legislative branch: unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi (140 seats; 100 members are elected by direct popular vote and 40 by proportional vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 3 July 2005 (next to be held in 2009) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PD 56, PS 42, PR 11, PSD 7, LSI 5, other 19 Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term), and multiple appeals and district courts Political parties and leaders: Agrarian Environmentalist Party or PAA
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Signal Co consists in every
Thus, the automatic signal system of the Union Switch and Signal Co. consists, in every essential particular, of the Robinson system, pure and simple.
— from The Invention of the Track Circuit The history of Dr. William Robinson's invention of the track circuit, the fundamental unit which made possible our present automatic block signaling and interlocking systems by American Railway Association

sayle cloth carbalus idem et
The hatches foci the pompe sentina cum the water pompe nautea nausea the hatches transtra The sayle cloth carbalus idem et belum the maste of the shyppe nauergus to sayle et nauigo a shypman nauta Qui nauem regit nauicularius idem et nauclerus i. nauis nauigiumq ; P̄tinēs ad nauē naualis to rowe remigio qui remigat remus the dockes naualia an ore remex P̄tinens ad nauē nauticus et qui fregit nauem naufragus naufragium the see ac mare a wawe fretū To carry ouer Trajitio to dryue appello to carry ouer transporto the toll, or the custome portarjumq ; A fery man Portitor a fery barge hyppago idem ponto a cokbote Iynter quoq ; a bottom cymba
— from Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters A Contribution to the History of Educational Development in Great Britain by William Carew Hazlitt

Supreme Court chairman is elected
Country Judicial branch Afghanistan the constitution establishes a nine-member Stera Mahkama or Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for 10-year terms by the president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga) and subordinate High Courts and Appeals Courts; there is also a minister of justice; a separate Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission established by the Bonn Agreement is charged with investigating human rights abuses and war crimes Albania Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term) and multiple appeals and district courts Algeria Supreme Court American Samoa High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior) Andorra Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of the Courts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justice or Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or Ministeri Fiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional Angola Supreme Court and separate provincial courts (judges are appointed by the president)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

SAWTELL CLEMENT C Indian experiences
SAWTELL, CLEMENT C. Indian experiences.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office


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