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  • And in conclusion (which Charles the Seventh, that good French king, published in an edict against gamesters) unde piae et hilaris vitae, suffugium sibi suisque liberis, totique familiae, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Sir Everhard understanding that Anthony Darnel had begun to canvass, and was putting every iron in the fire, in violation and contempt of the pactum familiae before mentioned, fell into a violent passion, that brought on a severe fit of the gout; by which he was disabled from giving personal attention to his own interest.

    The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves 2004

  • During his lifetime she was very much the mater familiae.

    Heroines of Peace 1997

  • Occidentem, et ad Orientem, et ad Aquilonem, et ad Meridiem: et benedicentur in to omnes familiae terrae, et in semine tuo.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Et dixit Iahacob familiae suae, et omnibus qui erant secum, Removete deos alienos, qui sunt in medio vestri, et mundate vos, vestimentaque vestra mundate

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Et Arvadi, et Semari, et Hamathi: et postea sparsae sunt familiae

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • Istae familiae filiorum Noah per generationes suas in gentibus suis: et ab istis divisae sunt gentes in terra post diluvium.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • Et adorabunt in conspectu universae familiae gentium.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

  • Ita Ioannes, quum antea Buthquhaniae comes fuisset Rossiae comitatum acquisivit, et unicam tantum filiam reliquit, quam Willelmus à Setoun eques auratus in coniugem accepit; unde factum est ut eius familiae principes ius sibi

    An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait

  • For the untrustworthiness of family records, cf.viii. 40, 4, 'vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor falsisque imaginum titulis, dum familiae ad se quaeque famam rerum gestarum honorumque fallenti mendacio trahunt.'

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

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