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suis procedere et negocia sua exequi
Nec mora, rex in sua et filii sui presentia generali edicto eos qui parti sue fauebant iubet assistere, uolens co m muni eor um consilio edoceri, q u aliter in agendis suis procedere et negocia sua exequi habeat conuenienter.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

small pamphlet entitled Notizie sulla eruzione
An account of this eruption was given by Silvestri in 1874, in a small pamphlet entitled, Notizie sulla eruzione dell' Etna del 29 Agosto, 1874 .
— from Etna: A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by G. F. (George Farrer) Rodwell

Sedentary persons especially need systematic exercise
Sedentary persons especially need systematic exercise.
— from Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg

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