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  • And that which I have said (to speak truth) no more concerns them than men, though women be more frequently named in this tract; (to apologise once for all) I am neither partial against them, or therefore bitter; what is said of the one, mutato nomine, may most part be understood of the other.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Immo quod magis mirere, faemina foeminam Constantinopoli non ita pridem deperiit, ausa rem plane incredibilem, mutato cultu mentita virum de nuptiis sermonem init, et brevi nupta est: sed authorem ipsum consule,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [6376] Lavater well observes out of Lactantius, mutato nomine tantum, 'tis the same spirit or devil that deludes them still.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Everything I said about Bernstein relates mutato nomine to him.

    The Virginians 2006

  • “Au fait,” said Mr. Pen, who was infinitely amused, and concerning whom mutato nomine (and of course concerning nobody else in the world) the fable might have been narrated.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • But the nursery rhyme about Arthur and the bag-pudding of barley meal with raisins and meat has a documentary worth for us beyond the shadowy recital of the banquet at Caerleon, for, mutato nomine, it is the description of a favourite article of popular diet in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

    Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

  • Image: detail from one of ex-DEVO-er Mark Mothersbaugh's works at mutato. com: "Two Teddies for a Happy Rabbit; Stow, Ohio". web zen home, web zen store, (Thanks, Frank).

    Boing Boing 2004

  • Ogerus, vocans vnam Flandrinam, nomine auiæ suæ ex parte patris sui, alteram Florentam nomine auiæ ex parte matris suæ, quæ mutato nomine nunc vocatur Singlant.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Ogerus, vocans vnam Flandrinam, nomine aui� su� ex parte patris sui, alteram Florentam nomine aui� ex parte matris su�, qu� mutato nomine nunc vocatur Singlant.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • _, 'Ob quod puerili mutato in senatorium cultum et in notitiam Caesaris Neronis facile pervenit et honore vixdum aetati debito dignus iudicatus est.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

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