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No. 216.

Wednesday, November 7, 1711.

Steele.

Siquidem hercle possis, nil prius, neque fortius: Verum si incipies, neque perficies naviter, Atque ubi pati non poteris, cum nemo expetet, Infecta pace ultrò ad eam venies indicans Te amare, et ferre non posse: Actum est, ilicet, Perîsti: eludet ubi te victum senserit.

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Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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No. 216.

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Wednesday, November 7, 1711.

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Steele.

/stiːl/

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cum noun US /kʌm/

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading “Siquidem hercle possis, nil prius, neque fortius: Verum si incipies, neque perficies naviter, Atque ubi pati non poteris, cum nemo expetet, Infecta pace ultrò ad eam venies indicans Te amare, et ferre non posse: Actum est, ilicet, Perîsti: eludet ubi te victum senserit.”

est noun US /est/

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

nil noun US /nɪl/

a quantity of no importance

non adverb US /nɑːn/

negation of a word or group of words

November noun US /noʊˈvembər/

the month following October and preceding December

From this reading “Wednesday, November 7, 1711.”

posse noun US /ˈpɑːsi/

a temporary police force

Steele noun US /stiːl/

English writer (1672-1729)

From this reading “Steele.”

Wednesday noun US /ˈwenzdi/

the fourth day of the week; the third working day

From this reading “Wednesday, November 7, 1711.”

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1711

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From this reading Wednesday, November 7, 1711.

216

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From this reading No. 216.

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From this reading Wednesday, November 7, 1711.

Actum

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From this reading Siquidem hercle possis, nil prius, neque fortius: Verum si incipies, neque perficies naviter, Atque ubi pati non poteris, cum nemo expetet, Infecta pace ultrò ad eam venies indicans Te amare, et ferre non posse: Actum est, ilicet, Perîsti: eludet ubi te victum senserit.

adnounUS /æd/

a public promotion of some product or service

amare

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Atque

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cumnounUS /kʌm/

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

eam

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eludet

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estnounUS /est/

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

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expetet

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ferre

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fortius

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hercle

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ilicet

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incipies

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indicans

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Infecta

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naviter

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nemo

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neque

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nilnounUS /nɪl/

a quantity of no importance

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

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nonadverbUS /nɑːn/

negation of a word or group of words

NovembernounUS /noʊˈvembər/

the month following October and preceding December

From this reading Wednesday, November 7, 1711.

pacenounUS /peɪs/

the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

pati

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perficies

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Perîsti

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possenounUS /ˈpɑːsi/

a temporary police force

possis

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poteris

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prius

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senserit

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sinounUS /siː/

a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

Siquidem

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SteelenounUS /stiːl/

English writer (1672-1729)

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TenounUS /tiː/

a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

Ter

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ubi

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ultrò

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venies

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Verum

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victum

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WednesdaynounUS /ˈwenzdi/

the fourth day of the week; the third working day

From this reading Wednesday, November 7, 1711.

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