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V Method still popular
V. Method still popular today for pickling raw meats.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

vel mittentes Sphærulam per
vel mittentes Sphærulam per Annulum , 5.
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

very much said poor
"It was nothing very much," said poor Toad, colouring deeply.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

vir man Stems puero
c. Masculines in -er and -ir puer , boy ager , field vir , man Stems puero- agro-
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

very momentous social phenomenon
That's a very momentous social phenomenon.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

village Meriah Sacrifice Post
Each person who is so fortunate as to procure it carries away a morsel of the flesh, and presents it to the idol of his own village.” Meriah Sacrifice Post.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Viktor MEDVEDCHUK Socialist Party
[Viktor MEDVEDCHUK]; Socialist Party of Ukraine or SPU [Oleksandr MOROZ, chairman]; Ukrainian People's Party [Yuriy KOSTENKO]; Viche [Inna BOHUSLOVSKA] Political pressure groups and leaders: Committee of Voters of Ukraine [Ihor POPOV]; Peoples' Self-Defense
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Very much said Polly
"Very much," said Polly.
— from Five Little Peppers Grown Up by Margaret Sidney

view Must soon pronounce
In circle multiform, and swift career: A wondrous tale, untold to mortal ear Before: yet reason's calm unbiass'd view Must soon pronounce the seeming fable true, When deep remorse for many a wasted spring Still haunts the frighted soul on demon wing.
— from The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca

views may still prevail
His views may still prevail, but it must be, not merely because they are his , but because they stand on solid ground.
— from Pastor Pastorum; Or, The Schooling of the Apostles by Our Lord by Henry Latham


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