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  • M.] 27 Apud ipsos fides obstinata, misericordia in promptu: adversus amnes alios hostile odium.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • She kept her rodeo queen handbooks nearby, flipping through often, practicing im-promptu questions ( "Which is more important: To be late but looking perfect, or to be on time?") and forming opinions on current events ( "Do you feel the Democratic and Republican Party conventions are a useful tool in the election system?").

    Ten-gallon tiara: The Miss Rodeo America pageant Darragh Johnson 2010

  • She kept her rodeo queen handbooks nearby, flipping through often, practicing im-promptu questions ( "Which is more important: To be late but looking perfect, or to be on time?") and forming opinions on current events ( "Do you feel the Democratic and Republican Party conventions are a useful tool in the election system?").

    Ten-gallon tiara: The Miss Rodeo America pageant Darragh Johnson 2010

  • Quin convivemur, et in otio nos oblectemur, quoniam in promptu id nobis sit, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • And to "good old Flint," and an assortment of other things, as the hour grew late and the guests at this im - promptu party grew increasingly besotted.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • [435] It is here added, "Ac non clarior, et in promptu fuerit demonstratio, si lac digitis expressum ante oculos fluxisset."

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • * Ac non clarior, et in promptu fuerit demonstratio, si lac digitis expressum ante oculos fluxisset: [909] 1

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • And to "good old Flint," and an assortment of other things, as the hour grew late and the guests at this im - promptu party grew increasingly besotted.

    Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990

  • He would whisper im-promptu fairy tales about her, or gibberish, words he repeated monotonously, words soothing or comical, which turned into vague visions lulling her through the first dreams of the night.

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being Kundera, Milan, 1929- 1984

  • The two of them were almost swept from their im - promptu nest by another savage bout of wind.

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

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