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Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
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Xerxis, ob occisos � Lacedemonijs Darij patris legatos, vltionem, ad Regem profecti sunt, & vt legatorum necem in se, non in patria vlcisceretur, erectis & constantibus animis sese obtulerunt.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Xerxis, ob occisos à Lacedemonijs Darij patris legatos, vltionem, ad Regem profecti sunt, & vt legatorum necem in se, non in patria vlcisceretur, erectis & constantibus animis sese obtulerunt.
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* [559] Verberibus cæsum te in pistrinum, Dave, dedam usque ad necem;
A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity 1616-1683 1965
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Marce Antoni (cogit enim excedere propositi formam operis erumpens animo ac pectore indignatio): nihil, inquam, egisti; mercedem cælestissimi oris, et clarissimi capitis abscissi numerando; auctoramentoque funebri ad conservatoris quondam reipublicæ tantique consulis irritando necem.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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In the _Democritus Ridens_, already referred to, under the head of _Jocus sub necem_, the author gives several anecdotes, more than one of which has been attributed in modern times to some noted criminal:
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Cum enim Misenensi classi praeesset, et flagrante Vesuvio ad explorandas propius causas liburnica pertendisset, neque adversantibus ventis remeare posset, vi pulveris ac favillae oppressus est, vel, ut quidam existimant, a servo suo occisus, quem aestu deficiens ut necem sibi maturaret oraverit. '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Rome, with the following inscription: _Pontifex_ Coligni _necem probat_,
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Nihil est lucri quod me hodie facere mavelim, quam illum cubantem cum illa opprimere, ambo ut necem.
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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Si inflammare sacras aedes uoluisse, si sacerdotes impio iugulare gladio, si bonis omnibus necem struxisse diceremur, praesentem tamen sententia, confessum tamen conuictumue punisset.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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