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  • But at least we may look upon it with the respectful pity which we entertain for Ben Jonson groaning in the midst of his literary honours under that dura rerum necessitas, which is rarely more a matter of indifference to poets than it is to other men.

    Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880

  • It took you a shitload of posts from the rest of us to actually produce your link. semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit

    Think Progress » Confused Karl Rove Falsely Accuses Obama Of Having ‘A Little Bit Of Confusion’ About Stimulus Jobs Numbers 2010

  • Anselm makes a distinction between two kinds of necessity: there is preceding necessity (necessitas praecedens) and there is subsequent necessity (necessitas sequens).

    Peter Damian Holopainen, Toivo J. 2008

  • Under the Latin maxim necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit, the ordinary rule is that "the necessity of proof lies with he who complains."

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Decernuntur furi gravia et horrenda supplicia, quum potius providendum multo foret ne fures sint, ne cuiquam tam dira furandi aut pereundi sit necessitas.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Neutrius se fortunae extremum libenter experturam dixit: sed si necessitas alterius subinde imponeretur, optare se difficilem et adversam: quod in hac nulli unquam defuit solatium, in altera multis consilium, &c. Lod.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Malum est necessitati vivere; sed in necessitate vivere, necessitas nulla est.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • A citizen of Bizance in France had a filthy, dowdy, deformed slut to his wife, and finding her in bed with another man, cried out as one amazed; O miser! quae te necessitas huc adegit?

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Hierome holds, Uxor impudica servari non potest, pudica non debet, infida custos castitatis est necessitas, to what end is all your custody?

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Grave nihil est homini quod fert necessitas, as [3568] Tully deems out of an old poet, that which is necessary cannot be grievous.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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