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  • And again, [28] Non ut amens loquitur propheta, nec in morem insanientium foeminarum dat sine mente sonum -- The prophet speaks not as an insane person, nor like women wrought into fury, does he utter sound without sense.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • Lib. de sacrificiis, Fumo inhiantes. et muscarum in morem sanguinem exugentes circum aras effusum.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Distillatio una nec adhuc in morem adaucta, tussim facit, assidua et violenta pthisim.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Non hic colonus domicilium habeo, sed topiarii in morem, hinc inde florem vellico, ut canis Nilum lambens.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Dauid iter arripuerat ad ilium Ambobus igitur ad curiam venientibus, datísque maximis muneribus petebat adulteræ filius, vt fieret ei iustitia secundum morem Tartarorum.

    The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

  • Cap. At verò quia nondum Imperatorem videramus, noluerunt vocare nos, nec intromittere ad Ordam ipsius, sed nobis in tentorio nostro secundum morem Tartarorum valdè benè seruiri fecerunt, et vt quiesceremus, nos ibidem per vnam diem tenuerunt.

    The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

  • Atque interim aues regionis rapaces, et immundæ, vt corui, vultures, et aquilæ, quæ pro consuetudine optimè morem norunt, aduolant magno numero in aere: Tuncque Relligiosi cum sacerdotibus detruncant corpus in frusta velut in macello, proijcientes pecias in altum auibus, ac decantantes certam ad hoc compositam orationem, tanquam si nostri sacerdotes cantarent.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Papa eorum, qui est caput et princeps omnium Idolatrarum; quibus dat et distribuit beneficia secundum morem eorum; sicut noster Papa Romanus est caput omnium

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Communis quoque populus, dum festus diebus intendere deberent deuotioni in templo, currit in hortis, in spectaculis, in tabernis vsque ad crapulam, et ebrietatem, et pinguia manducans et bibens, ac in bestiarum morem, luxuriam prauam exercens.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Adeò naturæ, cùm ferarum morem vescendi humanis visceribus in homine genuisset, gignere etiam in toto corpore et in quorundam oculis quoque venena placuit: ne quid vsquam mali esset, quod in homine non esset.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

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