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sui commodi causa magis est contra
[Detrahere autem de altero sui commodi causa magis est contra naturam quam mors, quam dolor, quam cetera generis eiusdem.]
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

soothed comforted calmed me Eda continued
"He soothed, comforted, calmed me, Eda," continued the young man: "and in the end, told me to leave the affair in his hands, and he would take care that my own dear, gentle Helen should be insulted no more.
— from The Convict: A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

serous cellular cutaneous medullary exhalants c
It is from this circulation that the serous, cellular, cutaneous, medullary exhalants, &c. draw the fluids that they transmit upon their respective surfaces.
— from General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Xavier Bichat

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