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Mathematum pulchritudo (saith [3327] Plutarch) ut his indignum sit divitiarum phaleras istas et bullas, et puellaria spectacula comparari; such is the excellency of these studies, that all those ornaments and childish bubbles of wealth, are not worthy to be compared to them: credi mihi ([3328] saith one) extingui dulce erit Mathematicarum artium studio, I could even live and die with such meditation,
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Dicitur ibi quoque communiter præfatam lampadem coram sepulchro singulis annis in die Sanctæ Parascheues, hora nona extingui, et in media nocte Paschæ sine humano studio reaccendi.
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Dicitur ibi quoque communiter pr鎓atam lampadem coram sepulchro singulis annis in die Sanct� Parascheues, hora nona extingui, et in media nocte Pasch� sine humano studio reaccendi.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Timebam enim ne me cito exaudires, et cito sanares a morbo concupiscentiae, quam malebam expleri quam extingui.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Non prorsus aliter decuit bestialem extingui libidinem quam per frigidissimum uermem, nec aliter temerarium frenari ausum frustrari conatum quam per uilem inutilemque bestiolam.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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The words of the passage are as follows: “Hunc primum mortalem esse, deinde etiam multis modis extingui posse cogitabam.”
The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881
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Honorius wished to celebrate a victory which, as they vainly hoped, had effectually broken the power of the Goths, the words which they inscribed upon the Arch of Triumph were 'Quod _Getarum_ nationem in omne aevum docuere extingui.'
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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[22] "Hunc primum mortalem esse, deinde etiam multis modis extingui posse cogitabam."
Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856
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The words of the passage are as follows: "Hunc primum mortalem esse, deinde etiam multis modis extingui posse cogitabam."
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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Quanta urbs deleta sit, ut de cæteris taceam, vel ignium morâ probari potest: quippe per continuos decem et septem dies vix potuit incendium extingui.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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