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some very curious details
We are indebted to this Jew for some very curious details of Roman discipline.
— 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

some very curious details
Pauthier (515 seqq.) gives some very curious details on this subject from the Annals of the Yuen.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

studuī vīdī contentus dēlētus
Conjugation II contineō dēleō doceō egeō faveō iubeō moveō noceō pāreō persuādeō prohibeō respondeō sedeō studeō videō continēre dēlēre docēre egēre favēre iubēre movēre nocēre pārēre persuādēre prohibēre respondēre sedēre studēre vidēre continuī dēlēvī docuī eguī fāvī iussī mōvī nocuī pāruī persuāsī prohibuī respondī sēdī studuī vīdī contentus dēlētus doctus —— fautūrus iussus mōtus nocitūrus —— persuāsus prohibitus respōnsus -sessus —— vīsus hold in, keep destroy teach lack favor order move injure obey persuade (from) restrain, keep reply sit be eager see Conjugation III agō crēdō dīcō discēdō dūcō faciō 2 fugiō iaciō interficiō mittō rapiō resistō agere crēdere dīcere discēdere dūcere facere fugere iacere interficere mittere rapere resistere ēgī crēdidī dīxī discessī dūxī fēcī fūgī iēcī interfēcī mīsī rapuī restitī āctus crēditus dictus discessus ductus factus fugitūrus iactus interfectus missus raptus —— drive believe say depart lead make flee hurl kill send seize resist Conjugation IV mūniō reperiō veniō mūnīre reperīre venīre mūnīvī rep´perī vēnī mūnītus repertus ventus fortify find come
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Sheriff Vintner Chamberlain Drawers
Lords, Officers, Sheriff, Vintner, Chamberlain, Drawers, Carriers, Travellers and Attendants.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Seleccioné varias centenas de
Seleccioné varias centenas de sitios para favorecer
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Spectacula volubilitate corporis deambulando
The Tumbler , 1. maketh several Shows by the nimbleness of his body, walking to and fro on his hands, leaping through a Hoop , 2. &c. Præstigiator , 1. facit varia Spectacula , volubilitate corporis, deambulando manibus , saliendo per Circulum , 2. &
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

See Vissard Chevalier du
(See Vissard, Chevalier du.) RIGANSON, called Biffon, also Chanoine, constituted with La Biffe, his mistress, one of the most important couples in his class of society.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

sette volte cerchiato d
Venimmo al pie` d'un nobile castello, sette volte cerchiato d'alte mura, difeso intorno d'un bel fiumicello.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

stony vale comes down
Red through the stony vale comes down the stream of the hill.
— from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

subject verb complement direct
The order in a sentence is: subject, verb, complement direct, complement indirect.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

se vendre chez Desnos
On the brass meridian circle of the second, one reads, “Se fait et se vendre chez Desnos rue St. Julien le pauvre 1753,” which legend suggests an issue of the same as early as the date given, and this idea finds support in an engraved legend referring to this particular issue as being one revised and corrected.
— from Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy by Edward Luther Stevenson

some vain conceited dreaming
They do not use to linger and defer their sitting down and placing of themselves at table, only so long as they have a mind in waiting for the coming of the abbot; so they fell to without ceremony, terms, or conditions; and everybody supped, unless it were some vain, conceited, dreaming dotard.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

single volition can directly
And this wider sense seems to be that in which the word is normally used in the precepts of Art generally, and in political judgments: when I judge that the laws and constitution of my country ‘ought to be’ other than they are, I do not of course imply that my own or any other individual’s single volition can directly bring about the change.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

said very clearly defined
As to Americus Vespucius, his duties were not, as we have said, very clearly defined, he was there to aid in making discoveries ( per ajutare a discoprire , says the Italian text of his letter to Soderini).
— from Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. The Exploration of the World by Jules Verne

si vuol colà dove
That is emphatically a Christian sentiment, which is conveyed in the lofty formula of Dante: Così si vuol colà, dove si puote Ciò che si vuole.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus; or, the Religion of the Homeric Age by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

superior vena cava does
The superior vena cava does not answer, then, entirely to the union of the arteries that form the aorta of the same name, which is only destined to the neck, head, and 397 superior extremities, whilst the other belongs moreover to the chest by the vena azygos.
— from General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Xavier Bichat

strange voice called Drop
His dead, strange voice called: "Drop that paper!"
— from Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various

si volet Christus de
Kolde rightly refers Luther’s words to Melanchthon, viz. that he would send him a writing, “ si volet Christus, de iustificationis loco ” (Aug. 24, 1530, from the fortress of Coburg, “Briefwechsel,” 8, p. 204), to the above work, and disagrees with Enders’ remark on the subject.
— from Luther, vol. 4 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar


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