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Roma casis enata foret, pecudumque magistri in Capitolino sanxisset fulmina monte, includiue sua potuisset Iuppiter arce, captus et a captis orbis foret? igne sepulto30 uulneribus uictor repetisset Mucius urbem? solus et oppositis clausisset Horatius armis pontem urbemque simul? rupisset foedera uirgo? tresque sub unius fratres uirtute iacerent? nulla acies tantum uicit. pendebat ab uno35
The Rule of Fate 1912
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"Grandfather became a Christian and was no longer an _enata Ttaikaia_, an eater of men, but he kept the _tiki_ always about his neck, because he thought it gave him strength," said my guest.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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Great Night Moth had a new gun, which he laid beside him while he drank plentifully of the _namu enata_, until he became quite drunk.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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I struggled to free myself from its clutch as I fought through the mass of vegetation, and pausing perforce to let my panting lungs gulp the air, I saw around me ever new and stranger growths -- orchids, giant creepers, the _noni enata_, a small bush with crimson pears upon it, the _toa_, or ironwood, which gave deadly clubs in war-time, but now spread its boughs peacefully amidst the prodigal foliage of its neighbors.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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And at last when they had drunk the fiery _namu enata_ till their brains were filled with flames, they lay in wait for her.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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He swore that Drink of Beer had allowed him, for a price, to make the _namu enata_, and that Drink of Beer had said this was according to the law.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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In many valleys the chiefs lead in the making of the illicit _namu enata_, or cocoanut-brandy.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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"_Puaka piki enata_" he said further, and pointed down the trail.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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_Puaka_ is pig, _piki_ is to mount or climb, and _enata_ is man.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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In hoc plantetur fepes pri - mo verc antefluam vernent arbores, quod menfe Germinationis fit, tum etiam femina ejusmodi fru - ticum terrx inferantur, ut enata, repleant inter - ftitia fruticum.
Caroli a Linné equit. aur. de stella polari archiatri regii med. et botan. profess. Upsal. Acad ... 1788
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