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statue I pass so often not
Milman's "Early friend, by the foot of whose statue I pass so often, not without emotion, to our services....
— from Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock

saint is properly speaking of no
"I shall represent to my uncle, what indeed he very well knows, that a saint is, properly speaking, of no value till he is dead.
— from The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett

siquidem Imperatoris pater scilicet Occoday necatus
Huius siquidem Imperatoris pater, scilicet Occoday, necatus fuerat veneno, et ob hoc à bellis qu
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

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