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"Dat veniam corvis," &c spares crows, but vexeth pigeons.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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A.W.H. "_Dat veniam corvis," &c. _ -- There were two headmasters of the school of
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"Linquo coax ranis, cras corvis, vanaque vanis, Ad logicen pergo qua mortis non timet ergo."
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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"Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas." {81a} "Non rete accipitri tenditur, neque milvio." {81b}
Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems Ben Jonson 1605
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Et erit, de torren* te bibes aquam, & corvis mandabo, nutrire teiUic.
Opera omnia sanctorum patrum graecorum: graece et latine 1784
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I’ve been reading up on the corvis family of birds, magpies, crows, jays, and ravens.
A Grave Denied Stabenow, Dana 2003
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