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See SHIH CHI ch
61. See SHIH CHI, ch. 47.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

submit succumb comply consent
SYN: Furnish, produce, afford, bear, render, relinquish, give in, let go, forego, accede, acquiesce, resign, surrender, concede, allow, grant, submit, succumb, comply, consent, agree.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Sylvius structam classem c
[ Non audivit, indignum ducens, says the honest Antoninus; but as the Roman court was afterwards grieved and ashamed, we find the more courtly expression of Platina, in animo fuisse pontifici juvare Græcos, and the positive assertion of Æneas Sylvius, structam classem &c. (Spond.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

strange sinnes Canonists could
But these do mee no harme, nor they which use To out-doe Dildoes, and out-usure Jewes; To out-drinke the sea, to out-sweare the Letanie; Who with sinnes all kindes as familiar bee 35 As Confessors; and for whose sinfull sake, Schoolemen new tenements in hell must make: Whose strange sinnes, Canonists could hardly tell In which Commandements large receit they dwell.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

satisfaction she could claim
I can’t imagine what sort of satisfaction she could claim, unless she wants to punish me by the ‘Lex talionis’, which would be hardly practicable without a repetition of the original offence.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

SLIGHT sleight cunning cleverness
SLICK, sleek, smooth. 'SLID, 'SLIGHT, 'SPRECIOUS, irreverent oaths. SLIGHT, sleight, cunning, cleverness; trick. SLIP, counterfeit coin, bastard. SLIPPERY, polished and shining.
— from Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson

See SHIH CHI ch
See SHIH CHI, ch.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

spackel stucco compo cerement
[specific coverings: list] veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate; engobe[obs3]; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement; coating, paint; varnish &c. (resin) 356a; plating, barrel plating, anointing &c. v.; enamel; epitaxial deposition[Engin], vapor deposition; ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment &c. (grease)
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

so she can clean
The windows and the brasses are cleaned by the useful man and heavy furniture moved by him so she can clean behind them.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

sb season C3 cesoun
Sesoun , sb. season, C3; cesoun , W2.—AF. seson , OF. saison ; Lat. sationem , a sowing.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Such speeches came ceaselessly
Such speeches came ceaselessly to the ears of the twins, as they took their places on a raised seat at the end of the green; and their noble faces grew radiant with joy.
— from Under the Flag of France: A Tale of Bertrand du Guesclin by David Ker

sugar spices c c
Tea, coffee, sugar, spices, &c. &c. to be procured at the stores, and most articles of clothing; the latter dear.
— from Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from Lexington and the Illinois, 1819; Flower's Letters from the Illinois, 1820-21; and Woods's Two Years' Residence, 1820-21 by John Woods

souls she conjure can
The running streams do stand, and from Their course the stars do wreath, And souls she conjure can: then shalt See sister underneath
— from The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together with Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James (Archaeologist) Grant

some sort could celebrate
To conclude, he celebrated the Holy Communion with grape and milk instead of with wine, and admitted that all true believers {170} (his true believers, I suppose, for we are all of us true believers of some sort) could celebrate religious ceremonies without being ordained curates."
— from The Cathedrals of Northern Spain Their History and Their Architecture; Together with Much of Interest Concerning the Bishops, Rulers and Other Personages Identified with Them by Charles Rudy

soft smiles can ceaseless
E'en thy soft smiles can ceaseless prove Thy truth, thy tenderness, and love.
— from The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton A Novel: Founded on Fact by Hannah Webster Foster

so she could creep
Then, when they turned off into a field, to avoid meeting people who might ask questions, Raymond held together the barbed wires of the fence very carefully, so she could creep under without mishap.
— from Missy by Dana Gatlin

Savezna Sud Constitutional Court
November 1945 _#_Constitution: 21 February 1974, amendments to the Constitution have passed the Federal Assembly and are being considered at the republic level _#_Legal system: mixture of civil law system and Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; a new legal code is being formulated _#_National holiday: Proclamation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 29 November (1945) _#_Executive branch: president of the Presidency, vice president of the Presidency, Presidency, president of the Federal Executive Council, two vice presidents of the Federal Executive Council, Federal Executive Council _#_Legislative branch: bicameral Federal (Skupstina) consists of an upper chamber or Chamber of Republics and Provinces (Vece Republika i Pokrajina) and a lower chamber or Federal Chamber _#_Judicial branch: Federal Court (Savezna Sud), Constitutional Court _#_Leaders: Chief of State—President of the Presidency Stjepan MESIC from Hrvatska (Croatia), one-year term expires 15 May 1992; Vice President of the Presidency Branko KOSTIC from Crna Gora (Montenegro), one-year term expires 15 May 1992; note—the offices of president and vice president rotate annually among members of the Presidency with the current vice president assuming the presidency and a new vice president selected from area which has gone the longest without filling the position (the current sequence is Hrvatska, Crna Gora, Vojvodina, Kosovo, Makedonija, Bosna i Hercegovina, Slovenija, and Srbija); Head of Government—President of the Federal Executive Council
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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