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very richly she also

She wove her own robe and that of Hera, which last she is said to have embroidered very richly; she also gave Jason a cloak wrought by herself, when he set forth in quest of the Golden Fleece.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

vi repellant seseq ab

vim vi repellant, seseq; ab injuria, tueantur?
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

very real sense an

[26] Thus the individual man was, in spite of his freedom and independence, in a very real sense "an organ of the Great Being" and the great being was humanity.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

very readily said Ay

They heard me with a loud laugh, but very readily said, “Ay, let her walk between us;” and each of them took hold of an arm.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

Vsyevolodovitch responded slowly and

“You hope to reach such a moment?” “Yes.” “That’ll scarcely be possible in our time,” Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch responded slowly and, as it were, dreamily; the two spoke without the slightest irony.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

vitam rati sine armis

Cato the consul, to secure some cities of Spain from revolt, only interdicting the inhabitants from wearing arms, a great many killed themselves: “Ferox gens, nullam vitam rati sine armis esse.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Vauquer retorted say a

Vauquer retorted; “say a blink of daylight.”
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

very respectable sum and

Yet it amounted to a very respectable sum, and Lupin expressed his satisfaction.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

Valley Road station and

H2 anchor Chapter XXX Mrs. Skinner’s Romance Anne stepped off the train at Valley Road station and looked about to see if any one had come to meet her.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

very refractory substances and

that the fusion and volatilization of platina, and the combustion of that metal, and of gold and silver, and of many other metals; that the fusion of the earths, of rock crystal, of gun flint, of the corundum gems, and many other, very refractory substances; and the production of light beyond the brightness of the sun, have been familiar experiments in my laboratory.
— from American Journal of Science, Vol. 1. by Various

Vorticists recently shown at

One has only to compare the pictures of the Vorticists recently shown at the Goupil Gallery with the pictures of the Italian Futurists which are being shown at the Doré to see that the two groups differ from each other not in their aims, but in their degrees of competence.
— from The Book of This and That by Robert Lynd

Victoria Rooms seems a

Southampton had once indeed a chalybeate spa of its own, to which its Victoria Rooms seems a monument.
— from Isle of Wight by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

very rightly sent a

In 1832 he very rightly sent a fleet to the Tagus to stop Miguel's abuse of British subjects, and he declined with equal propriety to prevent France from doing the same on her own behalf.
— from A Short History of English Liberalism by W. Lyon (Walter Lyon) Blease

voice rang sweet And

Like rilling of water her voice rang sweet, And the night-wind sighed at the sound of it.
— from Down-Adown-Derry: A Book of Fairy Poems by Walter De la Mare

Valdez reached Seward and

Two days later the steamer from Seattle, by way of Cordova and Valdez, reached Seward and the Colonel was a passenger.
— from The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Ralph Victor

very rapid spread and

Within the last few years, there has been a very rapid spread, and great increase; while all has been settling upon a firm and consistent basis.
— from The Book of Religions Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical Sketches by John Hayward

very roof seems as

Its very roof seems as strong and as perfect as its walls.
— from Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland Being a Tourist's Guide to Its Most Beautiful Scenery & an Archæologist's Manual for Its Most Interesting Ruins by Thomas O’Neill Russell

von Rothkirch supervising a

Near the Mazamba Wood we passed Baron von Rothkirch supervising a party of Kabindas, who were hauling the Florida's shaft.
— from In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley

volition Rachel started and

And at this mysterious signal from the invalid, this faint proof that the hidden sufferer had consciousness and volition, Rachel started and Thomas Batchgrew started.
— from The Price of Love by Arnold Bennett

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