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d oligou dein esti perittômatikê
kratei kai metaballei kai alloioi kai chrêston ex autôn haima synistêsin; en de tê rhaphanidi to men oikeion te kai metablêthênai dynamenon, mogis kai touto kai syn pollê tê katergasia, pantapasin elachiston; holê d' oligou dein esti perittômatikê kai diexerchetai ta tês pepseôs organa, bracheos
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

del orujo durante el proceso
Ésta comprende para la fermentación del mosto, grandes piletas de mampostería, provistas de sus respectivas compuertas y de un diafragma para la sumersión del orujo, durante el proceso de fermentación.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

death of Douglas Erle Percy
" On the death of Douglas— "Erle Percy took The dead man by the hand, And said, 'Erle Douglas, for thy life Would I had lost my land!'
— from Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. (Jean Finlay) Terry

devil of Delusion each pleads
Cerberus, first of all, offers the service of Tobacco; then Mammon speaks in praise of Gold and Apolyon tells what Pride can do; Asmodai, the demon of Lust, p. xxix Belphegor, the demon of Sloth, and Satan, devil of Delusion, each pleads for his own pet sin; and after Beelzebub has spoken in favour of Thoughtlessness, Lucifer sums up, weighs their arguments, and finally announces that it is another he has chosen as his vicegerent in Britain.
— from The Visions of the Sleeping Bard by Ellis Wynne

distributive or decently equalised property
But for most of our countrymen it is something invisible, unimagined, and unvisited; the simple truth that where all those acres are there is agriculture, and where all that agriculture is there is considerable tendency towards distributive or decently equalised property, as in a peasantry.
— from What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

drop of dew each pearl
Each diamond was clear and radiant as a drop of dew, each pearl lustrous and perfect; but they gave no pleasure now to the fairy-gifted child.
— from Toto's Merry Winter by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

disability or disqualification expressly permitted
Two years after the law of 1867 was passed, and within less than five weeks after the inauguration of a President in political accord with both branches of Congress, the sections of the act regulating suspensions from office during the recess of the Senate were entirely repealed, and in their place were substituted provisions which, instead of limiting the causes of suspension to misconduct, crime, disability, or disqualification, expressly permitted such suspension by the President "in his discretion," and completely abandoned the requirement obliging him to report to the Senate "the evidence and reasons" for his action.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Grover Cleveland

direction of Don Esteban Pardo
Like all Californians he half lived in the saddle; and he was often seen riding in the direction of Don Esteban Pardo's rancho, to spend a few days with his chosen friend.
— from The Valiant Runaways by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

driven off during evaporation possesses
The vapour driven off during evaporation possesses of course many heat units, and is of very considerable volume.
— from Animal Proteins by Hugh Garner Bennett

daily observe do expose Persons
The next is, to guard against all Dejection of Spirits , and immoderate Passions : for these we daily observe do expose Persons to the more common Contagion of the Small-Pox .
— from A Discourse on the Plague by Richard Mead

Discourses on Davila essays published
"Discourses on Davila,” essays published by John Adams, iii.
— from Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing


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