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us not command this voice
Let us not command this voice to sally, but stop it not.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

unbroken night checked the vicissitude
With his crew he entered a land where an aspect of unbroken night checked the vicissitude of light and darkness.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

us not commit the vulgarity
Let us not commit the vulgarity of condemning the dance because of its possibilities of perversion by the vicious and the profligate.
— from The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Negligible Tales, On With the Dance, Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce

us now close the volume
Let us now close the volume for a time, and visit other places of historic interest.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Under normal conditions the vocal
Under normal conditions the vocal organs instinctively respond to the demands of the singer, through the guidance of the sense of hearing.
— from The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by David C. (David Clark) Taylor

undying name chiefly through verse
He desired to make himself an undying name chiefly through verse, though he was not above sending stories of love and death to the drop-a-penny-in-the-slot journals.
— from The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories by Rudyard Kipling

under no consideration to venture
After reaching Bulawayo they immediately sent a telegram south telling us to remain at Cape Town, and under no consideration to venture into the interior until the rains were over.
— from South and South Central Africa A record of fifteen years' missionary labors among primitive peoples by Hannah Frances Davidson

us now consider the VALVE
Let us now consider the VALVE GEAR.
— from Farm Engines and How to Run Them: The Young Engineer's Guide by James H. Stephenson

under natural conditions the vagina
A non-medical correspondent in Australia, W. J. Chidley, from whom I have received many communications on this subject, is strongly of opinion from his own observations that not only does the uterus take an active part in coitus, but that under natural conditions the vagina also plays an active part in the process.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis


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