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patria et rege For
M. Pro patria et rege —For king and country.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

pitch echo repetition false
A misapprehension may, as a rule, be indicated by almost any external condition, like the relations of pitch, echo, repetition, false coincidence of waves of sound, etc.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

premise e rejoinder f
5. Define ( a ) syllogism; ( b ) rebuttal; ( c ) "begging the question;" ( d ) premise; ( e ) rejoinder; ( f ) sur-rejoinder; ( g ) dilemma; ( h ) induction; ( i ) deduction; ( j ) a priori ; ( k ) a posteriori ; ( l ) inference.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

proportioned equal ranks first
(It must be remembered, however, that the equal is not in the same case as regards Justice and Friendship: for in strict Justice the exactly proportioned equal ranks first, and the actual numerically equal ranks second, while in Friendship this is exactly reversed.)
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Presently Egano returned from
Presently, Egano returned from fowling and being weary, betook himself to bed, as soon as he had supper, and after him the lady, who left the chamber-door open, as she had promised.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

por extraño resplandor felino
Indudablemente había en su semblante hermoso, en sus ojos verdes, animados por extraño resplandor felino, en su negra cabellera, en su cuerpo 10 hercúleo, cierta expresión y aire de grandeza, un resabio o más bien recuerdo de las grandes razas que dominaron al mundo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

post ever ready for
Our sum-engines never drop a figure, nor our looms a stitch; the machine is brisk and active, when the man is weary; it is clear-headed and collected, when the man is stupid and dull; it needs no slumber, when man must sleep or drop; ever at its post, ever ready for work, its alacrity never flags, its patience never gives in; its might is stronger than combined hundreds, and swifter than the flight of birds; it can burrow beneath the earth, and walk upon the largest rivers and sink not.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

Power etc return Footnote
Though Power, etc. return Footnote 4: 1842-1850.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

price ever recorded for
By June, 1903, they had fallen to three and fifty-five hundredths cents, the lowest price ever recorded for coffee.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

panahun exigency resulting from
3 in phrases: — sa láwas things one has to do out of biological necessity and cannot avoid: urinate, sleep, and the like. — sa panahun exigency resulting from a state of weather.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

prove easy reading for
The question is this: Can a [467] sound and thorough work of philosophy, such as we want, be written in common and popular English, so as to prove easy reading for the average American student?
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

provide enough revenue for
As to whether the Single Tax, in full force, would provide enough revenue for municipal, county, state and federal governments, we, Single Taxers, are not greatly concerned.
— from The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann

pence Exchange rates Falkland
Imports: total value : $24.7 million (1995) commodities: food, clothing, timber, and machinery partners : UK, Netherlands Antilles (Curacao), Japan (1992) Debt - external: $NA Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA note: UK, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments totaled $18 million (1993-94) Currency: 1 Falkland pound (£F) = 100 pence Exchange rates: Falkland pound (£F) per US$1 - 0.6023 (January 1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992); note - the Falkland pound is at par with the British pound Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March @Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):Communications Telephones: 1,180 (1991 est.)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Peter entered Rome for
When S. Peter entered Rome for the first time, and looked upon the miserable condition of those to whom the favors of fortune were denied, he recalled to mind the words addressed to his forefathers about to enter into the promised land: “There shall be no poor nor beggar among you: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land which he giveth thee to possess” (Deut. xv. 4), and saw before him one of the greatest obstacles to be overcome—involving a change of what was second nature to the Romans (hardness of heart), they being, as S. Paul wrote (Rom. i. 31), “without affection, without mercy”—but knowing that it was also said in the same holy text “Poor will not be wanting in the land: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother,” and having heard the blessed Lord Jesus
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

party even Rosedale flushed
Lily, well-versed in the language of these omissions, knew that they were equally intelligible to the other members of the party: even Rosedale, flushed as he was with the importance of keeping such company, at once took the temperature of Mrs. Trenor's cordiality, and reflected it in his off-hand greeting of Miss Bart.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

parallels entire route Farmers
roughly parallels entire route, Farmers' Line between Devils Lake and Webster.
— from North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota

possess every requisite for
I now beg leave to offer some account of a combination of movements, which, from its originality, and seeming to possess every requisite for retaining it in action, may possibly be acceptable.
— from Perpetual Motion by Percy Verance

preliminary exercise refer for
The first-mentioned work, which discusses the pure faculty of reason in its whole compass and bounds, will remain the foundation, to which the Prolegomena, as a preliminary exercise, refer; for our critique must first be established as a complete and perfected science, before we can think of letting Metaphysics appear on the scene, or even have the most distant hope of attaining it.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

plaisante et recreative faisant
"Lhystoire plaisante et recreative faisant metion des prouesses et vaillãces du noble Sypperts de Vineuaulx Et de ses dix septs filz Nouuellement imprime."
— from A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin


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