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  • "misera," "infelix," "fati nescia," sound the first undertones of a woe to come, even amidst the joy of the first meeting or the glad tumult of the hunting-scene.

    Stray Studies from England and Italy John Richard Greene 1860

  • After seeing “Golden Age,” I found myself on a “Puritani” kick for a couple of days (“Credeasi, misera” became a new earworm).

    McNally's nights at the opera 2010

  • Besides, misera est fortuna quae caret inimico, he is in a miserable estate that wants enemies: [4013] it is a thing not to be avoided, and therefore with more patience to be endured.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Mulierum conditio misera; nullam honestam credunt nisi domo conclusa vivat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Ballmer: In future, when you scream at your misera...

    Even more 2007

  • Hor. haec est Vita solutorum misera ambitione, gravique.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • At ego misera patre meo seniorem maritum nacta sum, cum cucurbita calviorom et quovis puero pumiliorem, cunctam domum seris et catenis obditam custodientem.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Maerore maceror, marcesco et consenesco miser, ossa atque pellis sum misera macritudice.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Ego hujus misera fatuitate et dementia conflictor.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • O misera virtus, ergo nihil quam verba eras, atqui ego te tanquam rem exercebam, sed tu serviebas fortunae.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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