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senatum introductus petit a Patribus uti
| II | Is perfunctus militia, per P. Cornelium Sullam praetorem in senatum introductus, petit a Patribus, uti sibi quinque milia militum darentur:
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

senatum introductus petit a Patribus uti
Sullam praetorem in senatum introductus, petit a Patribus, [uti sibi quinque milia militum darentur].
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

senatum introductus petit a Patribus uti
III. Is perfunctus militia, per P. Cornelium Sullam praetorem in senatum introductus, petit a Patribus, uti sibi quinque milia militum darentur.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

secure in person and property under
Many, whose feelings were all in harmony with the opposers of royal rule, were urged by self-interest to remain quiet; for they felt secure in person and property under present circumstances, and feared the result of commotion.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

South is plotting and planning unpunished
In New-York, Fernando Wood—that incarnation of Northern secession—the man who dared to issue a proclamation recommending the inhabitants of the city of which he was mayor to go off with the South, is plotting and planning (unpunished, of course) with spirits of kindred baseness, to build up the old order and reestablish the rule of corruption.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Sermon II preached at Pauls upon
[Footnote 1: Donne's Sermon II preached at Pauls upon Christmas Day, in the Evening. 1624.]
— from On The Art of Reading by Arthur Quiller-Couch

spreading into pools and ponds until
For two successive days the burgomaster, Maria and Adrian, the Van der Does and Van Houts stood with brief intervals of rest among the throng on the citadel or the tower at the Cow-Gate; even Barbara, far more strengthened by hope than by the barley-porridge or the lean carrier-pigeon, would not stay at home, but dragged herself to the musician’s look-out, for every one wanted to see the rising water, the earth softening, the moisture creeping between the blades of grass, then spreading into pools and ponds, until at last there was a wide expanse of water, on which bubbles rose, burst under the descending rain, and formed ever-widening circles.
— from The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete by Georg Ebers

sleep in private and presented us
They had put up some mat partitions in a large room, that we might sleep in private, and presented us with a nice curry for breakfast.
— from Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by Henriette McDougall

swallowed it piece after piece until
Thereupon he took all his gold out of his sash and spread it before him, and rolled it up two or three pieces at a time in the dates, and swallowed it piece after piece until only three were left, when his wife came in and saw what he was doing and snatched them from his hand.
— from Letters from Egypt by Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady


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