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In some places where the accumulation of material has allowed the average level of the soil to rise, there are tree species such as Acacia macracantha and Prosopis chilensis and cacti such as Cereus cartwrighttianus and Armatocereus laetus.
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Siquis damnatus fuerit, laetus esse gloria est; nam lachrymas et planctum caeteraque compunctionum genera quae nos salubria censemus, ita abominantur Dani, ut nec pro peccatis nec pro defunctis amicis ulli fiere liceat.
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Non cibus talibus laetus, non potus potest esse jucundus; suspiratur semper et gemitur, et doletur dies et noctes, pectus sine intermissione laceratur.
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Neque illi senatus, quamquam adversus erat, de ullo negotio abnuere audebat; ceterum supplementum etiam laetus decreverat, quia neque plebi militia volenti [441] putabatur et Marius aut belli usum aut studia vulgi amissurus.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Quibus rebus Micipsa tametsi initio laetus fuerat, existimans virtutem
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Quae illaec est laetitia, quam illic laetus largitur mihi?
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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Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam, quam omnium Thebis vir unam esse optimam diiudicat, quamque adeo cives Thebani vero rumiferant probam. valuistin usque? exspectatum advenio?
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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Cinge tempora floribus suaue olentis amaraci, flammeum cape laetus, huc
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From the gross lack of taste and humour that characterizes so many of his contemporaries he is comparatively free, though his description of the historic 'crab' caught by Hercules reaches the utmost limit of absurdity: laetus et ipse
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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Illum et qui nutu superas nunc temperat arcis progeniem claram terris partitus et astris, laetus Idumaei donauit honore triumphi, 140 dignatusque loco uictricis et ordine pompae non uetuit, tenuesque nihil minuere parentes. atque idem in cuneos populo deduxit equestris, mutauitque genus laeuaeque ignobile ferrum exuit et celso natorum aequauit honorem.
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