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I haven't started working on Dog and Crow yet, though I have done a fair amount of preliminary research, and Matthias Hunyadi "Corvinus" is a fascinating fellow.
Cat V. Monkey - Last Tango In Paris batwrangler 2008
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And then I did a little rp in Corvinus (thank you, Sev and Ania), and an odd deal was struck between my Ravnos antitribu and a Toreador woman, a bookseller.
"Don't let me falter, don't let me hide..." greygirlbeast 2008
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Oh, and I actually finished my V: tM character sheet (yeah, we use those in Corvinus), and was pleased to see my "humanity" score a lowly 3/10.
"Until all these shivers subside, just look in my eyes." greygirlbeast 2008
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Later, I was on Second Life, back in Corvinus with my Ravnos atritribu character ... strange meetings in the cathedral and then the graveyard.
"Until all these shivers subside, just look in my eyes." greygirlbeast 2008
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There was a little SL last night, an rp scene with Lina in Corvinus.
"I sit alone and I watch the clock; I breathe in on the tick and out on the tock" robyn_ma 2008
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There are other accounts of his birth, which is, indeed, involved in much mystery, and of the reason of his being called Corvinus, but as this is the most pleasing, and is, upon the whole, founded on quite as good evidence as the others, I have selected it for recitation.
The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' George Henry Borrow 1842
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There are other accounts of his birth, which is, indeed, involved in much mystery, and of the reason of his being called Corvinus, but as this is the most pleasing, and is, upon the whole, founded on quite as good evidence as the others, I have selected it for recitation.
The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842
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There are other accounts of his birth, which is, indeed, involved in much mystery, and of the reason of his being called Corvinus, but as this is the most pleasing, and is, upon the whole, founded on quite as good evidence as the others, I have selected it for recitation.
The Romany Rye George Henry Borrow 1842
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[i] The person here called Corvinus was the same as Corvinus Messala, who flourished in the reign of Augustus, at the same time with Asinius
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[g] Messala Corvinus is often, in this Dialogue, called Corvinus only.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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