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Such Case remain and migh possibly
we fear also that Such a measure might also discourage those who would in Such Case remain, and migh possibly hazard the fate of the expedition.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

such case remain and might possibly
we fear also that such a measure might possibly discourage those who would in such case remain, and might possibly hazzard the fate of the expedition.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

such cases require a mind prepared
And ‘tis for this reason you may see why men in such cases require a mind prepared for the thing that is to be done.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

senatu Cui res audacter magnas parvasque
foro lato sanctoque senatu: Cui res audacter magnas parvasque iocumque Eloqueretur, cuncta simul malaque et bona dictu Evomeret, si qui vellet, tutoque locaret.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

senatu Cui res audacter magnas parvasque
The portrait has the air of being drawn from the life, with a rapid and forcible hand, and with a minuteness of detail significant of close personal observation:— Haece locutu' vocat quocum bene saepe libenter Mensam sermonesque suos rerumque suarum Congeriem partit, magnam cum lassu' diei Partem fuisset de summis rebu' regendis Cousilio, indu foro lato sanctoque senatu: Cui res audacter magnas parvasque jocumque Eloqueretur, cuncta simul malaque et bona dictu Evomeret, si qui vellet, tutoque locaret.
— from The Roman Poets of the Republic, 2nd edition by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

senatu Cui res audacter magnas parvasque
Comiter impertit; magna quum lapsa dies jam Parte fuisset de parvis summisque gerendis, Consilio, induforo lato, sanctoque senatu; Cui res audacter magnas, parvasque, jocumque Eloqueret, quæ tincta maleis, et quæ bona dictu Evomeret, si quid vellet, tutoque locaret.
— from History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Vol. I by John Colin Dunlop

such cutting remarks about my photographs
And so I shall be again if you make such cutting remarks about my photographs!"
— from Ships That Pass in the Night by Beatrice Harraden

Semper closely resembles a monotrochal polychætous
The interesting Trochosphæra æquatorialis of Semper closely resembles a monotrochal polychætous larva.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Invertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

sometimes called Reformers and many people
They are also sometimes called Reformers ; and many people have been accustomed to call Protestantism, reformation ; but it is enough to pronounce this word, to feel how inappropriate it is; religious revolution would be much more proper.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

some cowardly rascal accused my parents
Shortly after my birth, some miserable fellow, some cowardly rascal, accused my parents of incest before the Bishop of Florentia.
— from A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Felix Dahn


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