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[5202] Si fleatam aspicias, ne mox fallare, caveto;
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As HORACE says, _Hic Niger est; hunc tu, Romane, caveto_.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 25, 1917 Various
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Tardat iter; comites necat; hunc tu, nauta, caveto!
Sagittulae, Random Verses Edward Woodley Bowling
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Istaec dicta te experiri et operis et factis volo; et, quo minus dixi quam volui de te, animum advortas volo, 430 atque horunc verborum causa caveto mi iratus fuas; sed, te quaeso, cogitato hinc mea fide mitti domum te aestimatum, et meam esse vitam hic pro te positam pignori,
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Pugno malam si tibi percussero, mox cum Sauream imitabor, caveto ne suscenseas.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Among the few rules without exception which in the course of long experience the criminalist may make, this is one -- that the real tramps of both sexes and all walks of life will never testify conscientiously; -- hic niger est, hunc Tu, Romane, caveto.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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'My biographical friend will excel in exhibiting every little foible; _Hunc tu Romane caveto_.'
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872
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Therefore _si fortuna tonat_, _caveto mergi_ -- if fortune frowns, do not for that despond.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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Perhaps the objections to our making use of colored soldiers (_hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto_) will seem as absurd one of these days as the outcry that Cæsar was degrading the service by enlisting Gauls; but we will not hazard a prophecy.
The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays James Russell Lowell 1855
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Paddy also often places two bits of straws across, and sometimes two sticks, upon which he swears with an appearance of great heat and sincerity -- _sed caveto!
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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