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An ai is a bit laet 4 teh dans but awards joo teh Lawrel reeth ov excellens 4 joo to ware
No moar Puff - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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In cuius obuiationis loco in ascensu procliuo huius montis per multos gradus construxerunt Ecclesiam, ædificium excellens, in honorem eiusdem virginis.
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Gulielmus Peregrinus, Poeta quidem per eam 鎡atem excellens, genere Anglus florebat, literarum, vt multi tunc erant, amator maximus, et qui bona tempora melioribus impenderat studijs.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Ce sont de beaux hommes, excellens archers et vivant de peu.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In cuius obuiationis loco in ascensu procliuo huius montis per multos gradus construxerunt Ecclesiam, 鎑ificium excellens, in honorem eiusdem virginis.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Regibus et principibus ac dominis, et cunctis Iudicibus terr�, et ducibus eius, quibuscunque est excellens aliqua dignitas in ea, cunctis in locis qu� sunt sub vniuerso coelo: Pax, tranquillitas, et honor vobis, terris, et regionibus vestris qu� imperio vestro subiacent, cuique vestrum quemadmodum conuenit ei.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The word “excellent” also derived from the Latin—excellens, which was the present participle of the same word excellere,“to excel.”
Eight Black Horses Ed McBain 1985
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Hugo, "physicus excellens qui quadrivium docuit", and it is to be assumed that this science was included in his teaching.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Indeed, in such high esteem were they held by the doctors of the University of Paris that the latter were wont to designate their author as excellens postulator.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Messieurs Swammerdam, Malpighi, et Leewenhoek, qui sont des plus excellens observateurs de notre tems, sont venues à mon secours, et m'ont fait admettre plus aisément, que l'animal, et toute autre substance organisée ne commence point lorsque nous le croyons, et que sa generation apparente n'est qu'une développement et une espèce d'augmentation.
Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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