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For the very day that he married he was so furious, ut solis occasum minus expectare posset (a terrible, a monstrous long day), he could not stay till it was night, sed omnibus insalutatis in thalamum festinans irrupit, the meat scarce out of his mouth, without any leave taking, he would needs go presently to bed.
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Circumdederunt enim nos in equis postquam diu fecerant nos expectare sedentes in vmbra sub bigis nigris.
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Prius tamen antequam prædicta darent, fecerunt nos diu expectare petentes de pane nostro pro paruulis suis: Et omnia quæ videbant super famulos nostros, cultellos, chirothecas, bursas, corrigias, omnia admirantes et volentes habere.
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Ad h鎐 itaque imperium nostrum vbi malum superabundabat, reputans secum oportunum iudicabat retr� expectare, atque illos qui illic erant adiuuare, expectando vtiqu� contra infinita illa Persarum agmina bellum sustinuit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Regis de Poleyn inter c鎡eros ibi perempto, qui aduersarius nostri fuit Obsessumque fuit castrum dict� Ciuitatis per quinque hebdomadas: Sed propter infirmitates, quibus vexabatur exercitus magistri de Pruys & de Lifland noluerunt diuti鵶 expectare.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Circumdederunt enim nos in equis postquam diu fecerant nos expectare sedentes in vmbra sub bigis nigris.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Prius tamen antequam pr鎑icta darent, fecerunt nos diu expectare petentes de pane nostro pro paruulis suis: Et omnia qu� videbant super famulos nostros, cultellos, chirothecas, bursas, corrigias, omnia admirantes et volentes habere.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Quor [= u] in albo (Electores conscripti) c [= u] semper dignitates istiusmodi serio retulerim, Vos (pace dic [= a] vestræ diligentiæ) non tam mihi videmini gratias debere expectare, qua ipse istud onus suscepturus videor promereri.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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Mane sedere in cubiculo coepit atque expectare consuetudinem meam.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Postquam illos videt queri de avaritia magistratuum, accusare senatum, quod in eo auxilii nihil esset, miseriis suis remedium mortem expectare:
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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