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  • Aliquando nervi, aliquando pedes vexant, (Seneca) nunc distillatio, nunc epatis morbus; nunc deest, nunc superest sanguis: now the head aches, then the feet, now the lungs, then the liver, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • And if thou canst be content, thou hast abundance, nihil est, nihil deest, thou hast little, thou wantest nothing.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • I am not poor, I am not rich; nihil est, nihil deest, I have little, I want nothing: all my treasure is in Minerva's tower.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • If they contain themselves, many times it is not virtutis amore; non deest voluntas sed facultas.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • In Segovia nemo otiosus, nemo mendicus nisi per aetatem aut morbum opus facere non potest: nulli deest unde victum quaerat, aut quo se exerceat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Or whereas they be illiterate, ignorant, empirics in policy, ubi deest facultas,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Non amicis, non liberis, non ipsi sibi quidquam impertit, possidet ad hoc tantum, ne possidere alteri liceat, &c.Hieron. ad Paulin. tam deest quod habet quam quod non habet.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Nihil aliud deest nisi ut praeco vos praecedat, &c. 4991.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Appetitus raro deest: digestio segnior sed secura, non autem sine ructu perfecta.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • Domine Mustapha, nescimus quid sihi velit, cum nobis mandata ad finem vtilem concessa perper鄊 reddas, qu� male scripta, plus damni, qu鄊 vtilitatis adferant: quemadmodum constat ex tribus receptis mandatis, in quibus summum aut principale deest aut aufertur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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