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S S2 PP CM leom
gleam, light, S, S2, PP, CM; leom , PP; leome , S; lemes , pl. , CM; leemes , C; leames , S3; lemys , S3; leomene , pl.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

S S2 PP C looth
hostile, hateful, grievous, unpleasant, unwilling, S, S2, PP, C; looth , C2; lað , S, S2; layth , S2; laith , H, PP; loðere , comp. , S; lother , PP; lathere , adv. , H; loðest , superl.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

se sert pour cacher le
prétexte , f. , raison apparente dont on se sert pour cacher le véritable motif.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

soldiers scheming politicians crafty law
Phantom-like yet real there are the good citizens of a good town, parading, hustling, loafing—sturdy patricians, wretched plebeians, stern centurios, boastful soldiers, scheming politicians, crafty law-clerks, timid scribes, chattering barbers, bullying gladiators, haughty actors, dusty travelers, making for Albinus’, the famous host at the Via della Abbondanza or, would he give preference to Sarinus, the son of Publius, who advertised so cleverly?
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

sōl sun pecten comb liēn
sōl , sun , pecten , comb , liēn , spleen , rēnēs , kidneys , plural, and furfur , bran , are masculine.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

several savage peoples conjugal love
It is true that among several savage peoples conjugal love is said to be unknown; but what is meant by this is, I think, typically expressed in Major Ellis’s statement referring to some Gold Coast natives, that among them “love, as understood by the people of Europe, has no existence.”
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

shall speak presently called Lucretius
I have further published, besides my little book on Cyprus, two short volumes of verse, and a poem of which I shall speak presently, called Lucretius on Life and Death .
— from Memoirs of Life and Literature by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock

seek some poor cheap lodging
Husband and father, steal out into the cold dark street, and seek some poor cheap lodging where you may rest your weary bones, and cheat your more weary heart into forgetfulness in sleep.
— from Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

small shiny pink card lay
I A small, shiny, pink card lay on the round table in Sylvia Bailey's sitting-room at the Hôtel de l'Horloge in Paris.
— from The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes

spirit so purely charitable laden
And yet not so; for these very doctrines breathing as they do a spirit so purely charitable, laden with joy for the living and hope for even the unconverted dead, manifesting such a spirit of universal love, so every way broad, noble and Godlike, they are within themselves the strongest arguments that they are not merely human conceptions.
— from A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

son si poche che le
Ben son di quelle che temono 'l danno e stringonsi al pastor; ma son si` poche, che le cappe fornisce poco panno.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

saw slow Philips creep like
She saw old Pryn in restless Daniel[257] shine, And Eusden[258] eke out Blackmore's endless line; She saw slow Philips creep like Tate's[259] poor page, And all the mighty mad in Dennis rage.[260]
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Alexander Pope


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