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turpitudo recta enim et convenientia et
Quodsi nihil est tam contra naturam quam turpitudo (recta enim et convenientia et constantia natura desiderat aspernaturque contraria) nihilque tam secundum naturam quam utilitas, certe in eadem re utilitas et turpitudo
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

the root en Europe coupeé en
[279] “ On l’apporte (the root) en Europe coupeé en rouelles blanches & assez légéres. ”— Voyage du Chevalier des Marchais a Cayenne, &c. tom. iii.
— from Travels in Brazil by Henry Koster

this region extends eastward cannot easily
That those places do not belong to the region properly denominated Hedjaz, is evident; but how far this region extends eastward cannot easily be determined; and the same difficulty respecting it occurs in various directions.
— from Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt

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