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Two new types of Amsonias from Mouse Creek have been added here, A. tabernaemontana and A. illustris.
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Newly added Amsonia illustris is offering a counterpoint to the pink of the grass and the blue flowered, green and yellow variegated leaves of Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Summer Sorbet’.
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Fluvius hic illustris, humanarum rerum imago, quae parvis ductae sub initiis, in immensum crescunt, et subito evanescunt.
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V. illustris legatus, intelleximus, qu鄊 grat� vobis faceremus satis, si legatum aliquem cum mandatis instructum, ad S.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Arthurus qui fuit quondam inclytissimus Rex Britonum, vir magnus fuit & animosus, & miles illustris.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Itaque ejus oratio nimiâ religione attenuata, doctis et attentè audientibus erat illustris, a multitudine autem, et a foro, cui nata eloquentia est, devorabatur.
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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Henricus Dei gratia Romanorum imperator, & semper Augustus, dilectis suis archiep. episcopis, comitibus, baronibus, militibus, & vniuersis alijs fidelibus Richardi illustris regis
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed
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You are now recoiling from that exalted species Vir illustris to the lack-lustre home vulgarus.
Quebec Old and New 1944
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Among writers St. Cyprian is the first in whose works it occurs (Ep. xxxxvii): "Is demum confessor illustris et verus est de quo post-modum non erubescit Ecclesia sed gloriatur" (That confessor, indeed, is illustrious and true for whom the Church does not afterwards blush, but of whom she boasts); he shows in the passage that suffering alone for the Faith did not merit the title of confessor unless perseverance to the end had followed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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On the other hand, if the Ordo VII consistently regards the catechumens as infantes, this cannot be interpreted as a proof of relatively late date, for we find that already at the beginning of the sixth century the vir illustris, Senarius, asks of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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