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Examples
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Quis musicae tantam navaret operam nisi quod illius dulcedine permulcere speret?
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She said, "I have to wait for the speret to move me".
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives Work Projects Administration
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'Oman h'art is stronger den man h'art w'en yu cum to speret en plat eye.
A Woman Rice Planter 1914
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He should so speak that the hearer hearing should believe, believing should hope, and hoping should love (Quidquid narras ita narra, ut ille cui loqueris audiendo credat, credendo speret, sperando amet -- iv, 11).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Quid enim uel speret quisque uel etiam deprecetur, quando optanda omnia series indeflexa conectit?
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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"I read of them findin 'a new star," she said, "and I wondered if it wan't the speret of some good man or woman that hed passed away from down here an 'gone up there."
The Starbucks Opie Percival Read 1895
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"They's only an aggravation and vexation of speret.
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret Alice B. Emerson
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Goliah says "plat eye" and Chloe says "speret, Miss Pashuns.
A Woman Rice Planter 1914
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"De Lawd, Marse John, hit wuz his speret, des lak I tell ye.
The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire 1907
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I got on muh knees an 'wrastled wid de speret, "said Uncle
A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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