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Sure this is the only instance in which they forbear to _fabbricare fu l'antico_ [Footnote: Build upon the old foundations.], in their own phrase: the dames, of whom Juvenal delights to tell, liked perfumes well enough if I remember; and Horace and Martial cry "_Carpe rosas_" perpetually.
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Hester Lynch Piozzi 1781
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_l'antico valor Ne Vitalici cor non e ancor morto_ had lodged like a bullet in her brain.
The Descent of Man and Other Stories Edith Wharton 1899
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l'antico valor Ne Vitalici cor non e ancor morto had lodged like a bullet in her brain.
The Letter 1904
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Alfieri e di Monti non ha perduto l'antico valore, in tutte essa dovrebbe essere la prima. "
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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Alfieri e di Monti non ha perduto l'antico valore, in tutte essa dovrebbe essere la prima. "
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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