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For they barter even for pieces of porringus, and of broken glass cups, so that I saw sixteen skeins of cotton given for three Portuguese centis, that is a blanca of Castile, and there was more than twenty-five pounds of spun cotton in them.
The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time. 1891
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He was a good twenty-five centis taller than his commander, strongly built without looking like a weight-lifter -- and the nasty-looking scar that cut across his right cheek down across his mouth and into his chin seemed more a distinction than a disfigurement.
The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson
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"A bit over 180 centis, slender build, medium-brown hair receding slightly above the temples, green eyes, classical features that looked like he laughs a lot --" She broke off, seeing recognition in the others 'faces.
The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson
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Special mention should be made of Carlo Giuseppe Morozzi (Morotius), author of the most important history of the order, the "Cistercii reflores centis … chronologica historia".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The unemployment rate of 7.3 per centis the highest since June 1999 and household budgets
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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The unemployment rate of 7.3 per centis the highest since June 1999 and household budgets
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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„ Perge » age » jam pafti Ubros numerare centis. yyMatthaeus Chrifti Hebraeis miracula fcri,
Analysis operum S.S. patrum et scriptorum ecclesiasticorum 1790
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Placet tamen pudor adolef - centis, quamvis eum flul - titiae C imprudentiae arguat frater, cui gravius pecca - tum videbatur in fiiga.
Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae sex novissime recognitae cum selecta varietate lectionum et ... 1779
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I can't even get the string back ten centis, and he makes it look like nothing. "
A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson
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