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vel Eurus Per Siculas equitavit
Ceu flamma per tædas, vel Eurus Per Siculas equitavit undas.
— from The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

Viator et plange Si eam
It was written on her epitaph, according to Ballard: 'Abi, Viator, et plange, Si eam plangi oporteat Cui, tam pié morienti, Vel Cœlites plauserint.'
— from Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2) by Walter H. (Walter Hawken) Tregellas

veduto Ellera pane Sale e
Dentro al mio seno Quattro cose tengo, Che mi fanno vedere, E non son veduto, Ellera, pane, Sale e ruta, E la mia buona fortuna. page
— from Legends of Florence: Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland

vestrum est per scelus et
[111] atque parentes vestros, per majestatem populi Romani subvenite misero mihi, ite obviam injuriae, nolite pati regnum Numidiae, quod vestrum est, per scelus et sanguinem familiae nostrae tabescere.’
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust

voucher Eveline Public School Eveline
This makes provision for a daily record for six days, a weekly report, and a voucher:— Eveline Public School Eveline, Wash. , January 5, 1914.
— from School Credit for Home Work by L. R. (Lewis Raymond) Alderman

voluntary exertion produces similar effects
The excess or defect of voluntary exertion produces similar effects upon the sensual motions, or ideas of the mind, as those already mentioned upon the muscular fibres.
— from Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I by Erasmus Darwin

very epicurean papa said Eugénie
'My very epicurean papa!' said Eugénie, caressing him.
— from Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

varied experiences political social ethical
The first conclusion is that it is a library containing a large and complex literature, recording the varied experiences, political, social, ethical, and religious, of the Israelitish race.
— from The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Charles Foster Kent

vanished et projecit super eum
At least you shall have this," and threw at him a fistful of vermin, and then vanished: "et projecit super eum plenum pugillum suum pediculorum et evanuit," so states Master Eccleston.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various

veteribus et poetis sunt enim
[veteribus] et poetis: sunt enim illi veteres, qui ornare nondum poterant ea, quae dicebant, omnes prope præclare locuti—Neque tamen erit utendum verbis iis, quibus jam consuetudo nostra non utitur, nisi quando ornandi causâ, parcè, quod ostendam; sed usitatis ita poterit uti, lectissimis ut utatur is, qui in veteribus erit scriptis studiosè et multum volutatus.
— from The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 1 (of 8) by Richard Hurd


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