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  • Hortus principis et domus ad delectationem facia, cum sylva, monte et piscina, vulgo la montagna: the prince's garden at

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Infra istum murum erant fontes pulcherrimi de mundo; Et iuxta fontes erant pulcherrimæ virgines in maximo numero, et equi pulcherrimi, et omni illud quod ad suauitatem, et delectationem corporis fieri poterit, et ideo illum locum vocant homines illius contratæ Paradisum.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • "Fecisti solus tecum fornicationem ut quidam facere solent; ita dico ut ipse tuum membrum virile in manum tuam acciperes, et sic duceres præputium tuum, et manu propriâ commoveres, ut, sic, per illam delectationem semen projiceres?"

    The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Father Chiniquy

  • "Fecisti fornicationem, ut quidem facere solent, ut tuum virile membrum in lignum perforâtum, aut in aliquod hujus modi mitteres, et, sic, per illam commotionem et delectationem semen projiceres?"

    The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Father Chiniquy

  • "Ad cognoscendum an usque ad pollutionem se tetigerint, quando tempore et quo fine se tetigerint; an tunc quosdam motus in corpore experti fuerint, et per quantum temporis spatium; an cessantibus tactibus nihil insolitum et turpe acciderit; an non longe majorem in corpore voluptatem perceperint in fine tactuum quam in eorum principio; an tum in fine quando magnam delectationem carnalem senserunt, omnes motus corporis cessaverint; an non madefacti fuerint?"

    The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional Father Chiniquy

  • "Qaedam autem poetica figmenta, quaedam ad delectationem stultorum."

    Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. Standish O'Grady 1887

  • The construction of a library is especially referred to him by Strabo [17], and from the statement of Vitruvius that it was built for the delight of the world at large (_in communem delectationem_), we may infer that it was intended to be public [18].

    The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871

  • Reges Attalici magnis philologiæ dulcedinibus inducti cum egregiam bibliothecam Pergami ad communem delectationem instituissent, tune item Ptolemæus, infinito zelo cupiditatisque incitatus studio, non minoribus industriis ad eundem modum contenderat Alexandriæ comparare.

    The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871

  • [44] Historiæ ipsius præter delectationem utilitas nulla est, quam ut religionis Christianæ veritas demonstretur, quod aliter quam per historiam fieri non potest. —

    A Lecture on the Study of History John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

  • #44 Historiae ipsius praeter delectationem utilitas nulla est, quam ut religionis Christianae veritas demonstretur, quod aliter quam per historian fieri non potest.

    Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

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