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England, "terra pacis et justitiæ"; in No.XCVII. the hermit who got drunk repents and says "anglice":
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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I.e. “for doubling depth”; e.g. anglice, “form two deep,” etc., when marching to a flank.
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As for Hungarian, a patriotic mystic by the name of András Kovács Andrew Smith, anglice frequents these Austral shores, making just such a comic claim on the most spurious of grounds.
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There were also sermons in English (see next chapter); Jocelin de Brakelonde says in his chronicle that sermons were delivered in churches, "gallice vel potius anglice, ut morum fieret edificatio, non literaturæ ostensio," year 1200
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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The former was usually called the galeones (_anglice_ "galleons"), was commanded by a "general," and sailed from Spain earlier in the year, between January and March.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Clarence Henry Haring 1922
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In another document this schoolhouse is described as "schola, anglice _schoolhouse_, ad borealem finem Aulæ prædictæ."
Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Joseph Quincy Adams 1913
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Newcourt makes a similar mistake in his Repertorium, but Thomas Fuller knew the truth, and in his Church History refers to "St. Vedastus, anglice St. Fosters."
Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error" 1893
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In the first place, he is superannuated in his spiritual functions, and, being so, has to do something less harassing and laborious than spiritualizing Ethiopians to supply the domestic exchequer; anglice, to find beef and potatoes for a beloved wife and four little boys.
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Indians, accompanied by their chief Sonnant (anglice "Rattle.")
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Briney, was called, Brian Phaddy Sheemus Phaddy, or, _anglice_, Bernard the son of Patrick, the son of James, the son of Patrick.
The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
minerva commented on the word anglice
She says I am too witty; Anglice, too pert: I, that she is too wise; that is to say, being likewise put into English, not so young as she has been: in short, is grown so much into mother, she has forgotten she ever was a daughter.
Anna Howe, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
November 28, 2007