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Hortulanus non ita exercetur visendis hortis, eques equis, armis, nauta navibus, &c. 5004.
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“Ut flos in septis secretus nascitur hortis,” etc., while his wife could hardly persuade herself that all this was spoken of Effie Deans, and by so competent a judge as the Duke of
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Communis quoque populus, dum festus diebus intendere deberent deuotioni in templo, currit in hortis, in spectaculis, in tabernis vsque ad crapulam, et ebrietatem, et pinguia manducans et bibens, ac in bestiarum morem, luxuriam prauam exercens.
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Communis quoque populus, dum festus diebus intendere deberent deuotioni in templo, currit in hortis, in spectaculis, in tabernis vsque ad crapulam, et ebrietatem, et pinguia manducans et bibens, ac in bestiarum morem, luxuriam prauam exercens.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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* O Sanctas genres quibus haec nascantur in hortis: [5746] 1
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Catullus says "the floweret," -- _flosculus_: Ariosto particularises the rose, -- the _bel giardin_, "the beautiful garden," stands for _septis in hortis_, the enclosed.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various
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Tenet se trans Tyberim in hortis, in quibus latissimum solum porticibus immensis, ripam statuis suis occupavit; ut est, in summâ avaritia sumptuosus, in summâ infamiâ gloriosus.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[523] _Spinosæ arbores cultura sæpius deponunt spinas in hortis_, 'Linn.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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_Contra vim mortis nullum medicamentum in hortis_, says the rueful Latin distich: --
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Iuli iugera pauca Martialis hortis Hesperidum beatiora longo Ianiculi iugo recumbunt: lati collibus imminent recessus et planus modico tumore vertex caelo perfruitur sereniore et curvas nebula tegente valles solus luce nitet peculiari: puris leniter admoventur astris celsae culmina delicata villae. hinc septem dominos videre montes et totam licet aestimare Romam,
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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