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Ovid (A.A.) is not ashamed “ad teneros Oscula (not basia or suavia) ferre pedes.”
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Catullus ad Lesbiam: da mihi basia mille, deinde centum,
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[5267] Stratocles, the physician, upon his wedding-day, when he was at dinner, Nihil prius sorbillavit, quam tria basia puellae pangeret, could not eat his meat for kissing the bride,
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Non dat basia, dat Nera nectar, dat rores animae suaveolentes, dat nardum, thymumque, cinnamumque et mel, &c. Secundus bas.
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Basia mille patent, basia mille latent, A thousand appear, as many are concealed; gratiarum sedes gratissima; a sweet-smelling flower, from which bees may gather honey, [4915] Mellilegae volucres quid adhuc cava thyma rosasque,
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"Da mi basia mille -" But it was Claire's voice that spoke the words, not his.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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The best of his erotic poems is the pretty vi. 34, but it is far from original; cp. the last couplet: nolo quot (sc. basia) arguto dedit exorata Catullo
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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There is a touch of sublimity in that, and the _basia_ of Baal-Zeboub may well enough be more demoralising than those of Secundus.
Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899
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The term Nagbasia is supposed to mean the original settlers (_basia_) in Nag (Chota Nagpur).
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Ovid (A.A.) is not ashamed "ad teneros Oscula (not basia or suavia) ferre pedes."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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