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Jecur aptum ad generandum talem humorem, splen natura imbecillior.
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Pierce cites the maxim Generale est quod natum aptum est dici de multis.
Polanyi: morphogenetic field Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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'Haec tibi mittuntur quem sum _modo_ carmine questus/non aptum numeris nomen habere meis'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Haec tibi mittuntur quem sum modo carmine questus non aptum numeris nomen habere meis, in quibus, excepto quod adhuc utcumque ualemus, nil te praeterea quod iuuet inuenies.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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It is clear from the opening distich of poem xiv that Ovid sent the poem to Tuticanus very soon after the composition of xii: 'Haec tibi mittuntur quem sum _modo_ carmine questus/non aptum numeris nomen habere meis'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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In a worde, what was sayd of Cinna, might well be applyed to him, Erat illi consilium ad facinus aptum, consilio autem neque lingua neque manus deerat, he had a heade to contryve, and a tounge to perswade, and a hande to exequte any mischieve; his death therfore seemed to be a greate deliverance to the nation.
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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The pope writes: "Et quoniam, Deo volente, aptum nunc tempus est, agate, ut divina gratia co-operante, cum augmento possitis quod neglectum est reparare".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Liceat hoc nobis _primordium vegetale_ nominare; nempe substantiam quandam corpoream vitam habentem potentiâ; vel quoddam per se existens, quod aptum sit, in vegetativam formam, ab interno principio operante, mutari.
Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Rex igitur Franciae, deliberatione habita, respondit nuntiis, se daturum hominem Syriae partibus aptum; in armis probum (preux) in bellis securum, in agendis providum, Johannem comitem Brennensem.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Est enim hoc carmen (iambicum) aptum lacerationi et conviciis, ple - rumque trimetro versu, epodo sequente, composiium, ut: Malo soluta navis exit alite Ferens olentera Maevium.
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