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sante vite E certes
dou sepolchro de Crist "; " L'Angel ven en vision pour mesajes de Deu à un Veschevo qe mout estoient home de sante vite"; " E certes il estoit bien beizongno"; " ne trop caut ne trop fredo"; " la crense" ( credenza ); "remort" for noise ( rumore ) "inverno"; "jorno"; "dementiqué" ( dimenticato ); "enferme" for sickly; "leign" ( legno ); "devisce" ( dovizia ); "ammalaide" ( ammalato ), etc. etc.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

secretas virtudes estudian con
Por otro lado se divisa el canelo de madera incorruptible y al que los indios atribuyen cualidades mágicas; el boldo , cuyas secretas virtudes estudian con afán médicos y botánicos, y por fin, el litre , árbol siniestro,
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

se vea el casero
No hay una casa, en el campo, donde no se vea el casero u hornero en los horcones, y en
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

si vuole esser cortese
<si vuole esser cortese.
— from
Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

significat veritatem etc Cyril
p. 252 ‘Dei ex Deo significat veritatem etc.’ , Cyril.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

softened voice Emily can
After a long pause, turning towards her and taking her hand, he said, in a softened voice, 'Emily, can you bear that we should part—can you resolve to give up an heart, that loves you like mine—an heart, which, though it has erred—widely erred, is not irretrievable from error, as, you well know, it never can be retrievable from love?'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

seguir virtute e canoscenza
Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza".
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

sōlēs vīsōs esse cōnstāret
quaesierat ex mē Scīpiō quidnam sentīrem dē hōc quod duo sōlēs vīsōs esse cōnstāret , RP.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

simulatio vanitati est coniunctior
Talis autem simulatio vanitati est coniunctior quam aut liberalitati aut honestati.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Section V Extraordinary Celerity
Section V. — Extraordinary Celerity in preparing an empty Boat for active Service in the Fishery.
— from Memorials of the Sea: My Father Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by William Scoresby

seguir virtute e conoscenza
We need not murmur at the endless pursuit: Fatti non foste a viver come bruti Ma per seguir virtute e conoscenza.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

see Vocational Educationists Clique
179 Chang Ching-chiang, 261 Chang Hsüeh-liang, 9 , 200 Chang Kuo-tao, 163 , 167 , 168 Chang Peh Chuen (Chang Pai-chün), 178 Charts ( see also type of government) Control Yüan , 318 Hsien classifications, 388 Kuomintang organization, 331 national governmental structure, 330 provincial and urban government, 98 Chên ( see Community) Chen Ch'i-mei, 260 Chen Chi-tang, 91 Chen, Eugene, 178 Ch'ên brothers, 134 Ch'ên Ch'êng, 340 Ch'ên I, 102 Ch'ên Kung-po, 198 Ch'ên Kuo-fu, 84 , 134 , 142 Ch'ên Kuo-hsin, essay on Mao Tsê-tung, 403 Ch'ên Li-fu, 84 , 142 Ch'ên Lo, 204 Ch'ên Shao-yu (Wang Ming), 163 Ch'ên Tu-hsiu, 163 Ch'ê-yeh Chiao-yü P'ai ( see Vocational Educationists' Clique)
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

sua voglia e coverchia
Purgatorio: Canto XIV <sua voglia e coverchia?>>.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

some very exquisitely carved
"That is one reason, but I strongly suspect there is another and greater," was the reply, as the younger lady, observing that Mr. Bernard had approached, and stood by a table near examining some very exquisitely carved ornaments, thought it a good opportunity to give him, without pretending to notice his proximity, some little information,—information which might hereafter aid in accomplishing her own well-planned schemes.
— from Woman As She Should Be; Or, Agnes Wiltshire by Mary E. Herbert

sterling vpon euery Camels
s. sterling, vpon euery Camels lode, which he sendeth his officers to receiue of the Carauans, and in consideration hereof, he taketh vpon him to conduct the sayd Carauans if they need his helpe, and to defend them against certaine prowling thieues.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

surely violates every claim
Still, the mere moral rights of the tenant must depend on the rigid maintenance of all the rights of the landlord; the legal and moral united; and the man who calls in question either of the latter, surely violates every claim to have his own pretensions allowed, beyond those which the strict letter of the law will yield to him.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

surrounding villages each contingent
This meeting was attended by members of the societies from Oldham, Rochdale, Middleton, Ashton, Stockport, and all the surrounding villages, each contingent being accompanied by its band of music.
— from A History of Lancashire by Henry Fishwick

S VA e c
The volume of steam of the undiminished pressure P′ admitted per minute through the valve would then be VA ( e + c ); and the ratio of this volume to that of the water producing it being expressed by S′, we should have S′ = VA( e + c ) .
— from The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt by Dionysius Lardner


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