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Et si forsan super contractu euismodi contentio oriatur fiat inde probatio aut inquisitio secundum vsus
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et fuit contentio inter pastores pecudum Abram, et pastores pecudum
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Et dixit Abram ad Lot, Ne nunc sit contentio inter me et to, et inter pastores meos et pastores tuos: quia viri fratres sumus.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Numidarum gessit; primum quia magnum et atrox variaque victoria fuit, dein quia tunc primum superbiae nobilitatis obviam itum est; quae contentio divina et humana cuncta permiscuit eoque vecordiae processit, uti studiis civilibus bellum atque vastitas Italiae finem faceret.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Bretenorio, quod tempore istius Guidonis, quando aliquis vir nobilis et honorabilis applicabat ad terram, magna contentio erat inter multos nobiles de Bretenorio, in cujus domum ille talis forensis deberet declinare.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various
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In hujus oratione sermo Latinus erat, verba non abjecta, res compositæ diligenter; nullus flos tamen, neque lumen ullum: animi magna, vocis parva contentio; omnia ferè ut similiter, atque uno modo dicerentur.
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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Et: Cum sit in vobis aemulatio et contentio, an non carnales estis?
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"Leisure," says Cicero, is not "contentio animi sed relaxatio"; and in a charming passage he goes on to describe
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Page 248, l. 12. _contentio_, etc.: not a straining of the mind, but a relaxation.
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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[Footnote 583: 'In necessitate siquidem penuriae pretii nulla contentio est: dum patitur quis induci ne possit aliquâ tarditate percelli.'] 'To stop this practice we send to you the present messengers, whose business it is to examine all the stores of corn collected for public distribution [584] or otherwise, to leave to each family sufficient for its needs, and to purchase the remainder from the owners at a fair market price.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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