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Livy often refers to authorities whom he does not name: 'invenio apud quosdam,' 'satis constat'; and to tradition: 'fama est,' 'dicitur,'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Perii ego oppido, nisi Libanum invenio iam, ubiubi est gentium.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Naucratem quem convenire volui, in navi non erat, neque domi neque in urbe invenio quemquam qui illum viderit.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Ev.Tract. xxxix. 10: praeteritum et futurum invenio in omni motu rerum: in veritate quae manet praeteritum et futurum non invenio, sed solum praesens.
Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages William Ralph Inge 1907
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Si qua usquam pateat melioris semita vitae, Nec quid agam invenio ....
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Even after he became a Montanist, he still adhered to the same interpretation -- "Petrum solum invenio maritum, per socrum; monogamum praesumo per _ecclesiam, quae super illum, aedificata_ omnem gradum ordinis sui de monogamis erat collocatura."
The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854
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Of this union of men of genius in the same age, _Causus_, he says, _quum sempre requiro, numquam invenio quas veras confidam_.
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Shearjashub Spooner 1834
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At ego cum plurima animo perlustrem, duo tantum invenio, duos, inquam, casus quibus rex ipso facto ex rege non regem se facit & omni honore & dignitate regali atque in subditos potestate destituit; quorum etiam meminit Winzerus.
Two Treatises of Government: of Civil Government Book II 1698
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At ego cum plurima animo perlustrem, duo tantum invenio, duos, inquam, casus quibus rex ipso facto ex rege non regem se facit & omni honore & dignitate regali atque in subditos potestate destituit; quorum etiam meminit
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At ego cum plurima animo perlustrem, duo tantum invenio, duos, inquam, casus quibus rex ipso facto ex rege non regem se facit & omni honore & dignitate regali atque in subditos potestate destituit; quorum etiam meminit Winzerus.
Second Treatise of Government John Locke 1668
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