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Interrogare convenit, an aliqua evacuationis retentio obvenerit, viri in haemmorrhoid, mulierum menstruis, et vide faciem similiter an sit rubicunda.
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"I do not understand what retentio means," said Don Quixote.
Don Quixote 2002
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"For one who is in hell," said Sancho, "nulla est retentio, as I have heard say."
Don Quixote 2002
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I understand not, said Don Quixote, what retentio meaneth.
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I call it so, quoth Sancho; Quia in inferno nulla est retentio, as I have heard say.
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Johanna! inordinata vita præcedens, retentio potestatis in regno, neglecta vindicta, vir alter susceptus, et excusatio subsequens, necis viri tui te probant fuisse participem et consortem.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Johanna! inordinata vita præcedens, retentio potestatis in regno, neglecta vindicta, vir alter susceptus, et excusatio subsequens, necis viri tui te probant fuisse participem et consortem.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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"For one who is in hell," said Sancho, "nulla est retentio, as I have heard say."
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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"I do not understand what retentio means," said Don Quixote.
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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"I do not understand what retentio means," said Don Quixote.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 09 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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