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Licet honora sit unica nominatus sum, meritum melior.
April 30th, 2008 m_francis 2008
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As Gentry began he remarked almost sotto voce that “my doctorate is honora causa,” and then went on with his talk.
Science, Non-Science, and Pseudoscience - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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And here, too, that Spanish proverb holds good, which declares that honor and money are not to be found in the same purse — honora y provecho no caben en un saco.
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Eusebius (l.viii. c. 5) adorns him with secular honora Neither have condescended to mention his name; but the
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Primum, deos immortales cole, parentesque honora -- First worship the immortal gods, and honour your parents.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Elb. Proue it before these varlets here, thou honora-ble
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Eusebius (l.viii. c. 5) adorns him with secular honora Neither have condescended to mention his name; but the Greeks celebrate his memory under that of John.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Addimus & hic integram donationis chartam, qiiaan idem comes ad altare S. Maximini obtulit. in nomine fiin€t« & individuae Trinitatis. quoniam omni homini neceflarium efle pernoCbi - tur, ut in hac vita pofitus, de futuris pie medite - tur, & rebus tranfitoriis lucra aeternae vitae merca - ri conetur; S.cra exhortante firriptura: honora dominum de tua fiibftantia: itemque: ficut aqusi
Subsidia diplomatica ad selecta juris Ecclesiastici Germaniae: et historiarum capita elucidanda ... 1777
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The company con - fitted chiefly of the gentlemen of the bed-cham* ber, the ladies of honora ', and the officers on; guard.
Travels Through Germany: Containing Observations on Customs, Manners ... 1768
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This to an audience of American undergraduates who wouldn’t know an “honora causa” from a carp.
Science, Non-Science, and Pseudoscience - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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