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Less obvious though are auburn (through mediaeval Latin alburnus), daub (from dealbare, to whitewash), and albatross (where albus is implicated as modifying English's absorption of Spanish alcatraz).
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Thus said Winwood to the King: "Your Majesty may plaster two walls with one trowel ( 'una fidelia duos dealbare parietes'), reverse the designs of them who to facilitate their own practices do endeavour to alienate your affections from the good of these Provinces, and oblige to your service the well-affected people, who know that there is no surety for themselves, their wives and children, but under the protection of your
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Thus said Winwood to the King: "Your Majesty may plaster two walls with one trowel ( 'una fidelia duos dealbare parietes'), reverse the designs of them who to facilitate their own practices do endeavour to alienate your affections from the good of these Provinces, and oblige to your service the well-affected people, who know that there is no surety for themselves, their wives and children, but under the protection of your
Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Thus said Winwood to the King: "Your Majesty may plaster two walls with one trowel ( 'una fidelia duos dealbare parietes'), reverse the designs of them who to facilitate their own practices do endeavour to alienate your affections from the good of these Provinces, and oblige to your service the well-affected people, who know that there is no surety for themselves, their wives and children, but under the protection of your
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1610c-12 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Thus said Winwood to the King: "Your Majesty may plaster two walls with one trowel ( 'una fidelia duos dealbare parietes'), reverse the designs of them who to facilitate their own practices do endeavour to alienate your affections from the good of these Provinces, and oblige to your service the well-affected people, who know that there is no surety for themselves, their wives and children, but under the protection of your
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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