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Check out Un sourire and Et expecto, then dive into the Vingt Regards.
Messiaen, Mahler and Myung-Whun Chung sfmike 2008
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Si ad impetrandum nihil causae haberem praeter miserandam fortunam, quod paulo ante rex genere, fama atque copiis potens, nunc deformatus aerumnis, inops, alienas opes expecto, tamen erat majestatis Romani populi [86] prohibere injuriam neque pati cujusquam regnum per scelus crescere.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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It is his 'credo' against their 'ignoro'; it is, his 'expecto' against their 'non video'.
Christopher Columbus Young, Filson 1906
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Donatists appealed to him from the verdict of the councils of Arles and Rome, he wrote to the bishops: _Meum judicium postulant, qui ipse judicium Christi expecto_: "They appeal to me, when I myself must be judged by Christ."
Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888
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This accounts for such variations as _inperium, imperium; atque, adque; exspecto, expecto; _ and the like (cases like _haud, haut; saxum, saxsum; _ are different).
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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-- "De Cornelio Tacito qui est in Germania nil sentio; expecto responsum ab illo monacho."
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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As we made our way across the roof, we realized that we needed to rely on Harry to cast expecto patronum to keep the dementors at bay and that Hermione was most useful by keeping the devil's snare in check.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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As we made our way across the roof, we realized that we needed to rely on Harry to cast expecto patronum to keep the dementors at bay and that Hermione was most useful by keeping the devil's snare in check.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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As we made our way across the roof, we realized that we needed to rely on Harry to cast expecto patronum to keep the dementors at bay and that Hermione was most useful by keeping the devil's snare in check.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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As we made our way across the roof, we realized that we needed to rely on Harry to cast expecto patronum to keep the dementors at bay and that Hermione was most useful by keeping the devil's snare in check.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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