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  • Well just found out i was going to the uk and europe (is the Uk and europe all counted as just europe or does europe refer to just the continet?) well neway will volunteer to lead march of 1 - and possibly con other nondoctor who fan friend into marching too so maybe 1.5 -

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  • I am extremely glad to hear it; for (by the maxim, that omne majus continet in se minus), if you dance genteelly, I presume you walk, sit, and stand genteelly too; things which are much more easy, though much more necessary, than dancing well.

    Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

  • I am merely pointing out that same sex marriage, despite some historical examples, was not so pervasive as to ripple through time, entrencing itself on the North American continet at Jamestown.

    California Legislature Passes Same-Sex Marriage Law; Schwarzenegger hints he’ll veto 2005

  • Nam ipse quidem in mensa continet iacentes manus puras et quietas.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • The letters are lost; but Mr. Hector recollects his writing ‘that the poet had described the dull sameness of his existence in these words, “Vitam continet una dies” (one day contains the whole of my life); that it was unvaried as the note of the cuckow; and that he did not know whether it was more disagreeable for him to teach, or the boys to learn, the grammar rules.’

    The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

  • [Vel Foqaien.] cuius circuitus continet 30. milliaria, in qua sunt Galli maximi et pulcherrimi, et gallinæ ita albæ sicut nix, lanam solum pro pennis habentes sicut pecudes.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Cambaleth ad 20. dietas, est vna foresta quæ 6. dietas continet in ambitu; in qua sunt tot genera animalium et auium quòd mirabile est dicere: Ad illud nemus vadit in fine trium annorum vel quatuor cum tota gente, cum qua ipsum circuit, et canes intrare permittit, qui animalia, scilicet leones, ceruos, et alia animalia reducunt ad vnam planitiem pulcherrimam in medio nemoris, quia ex clamoribus canum maximè tremunt omnes bestiæ syluæ.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Hec Armenia multas valdè bonas continet ciuitates, quarum famosior est Taurisa.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • India 4400. insulas continet sub se, siue in se, in qua etiam sunt

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Vt autem videatur quo modo habetur piper, sciendum quòd in quodam imperio ad quod applicui, nomine Minibar, nascitur, et in nulla parte mundi tantum, quantum ibi; Nemus enim in quo nascitur, continet octodecim dietas, et in ipso nemore sunt duæ ciuitates vna nomine Flandrini, alia nomine Cyncilim: In Flandrina habitant Iudaei aliqui et aliqui

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

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