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Et emit partem agri, in quo tetendit tabernaculum suum, de manu filiorum Hamor patris Sechem, centum nummis.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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'De ducentis nummis primum intendam ballistam in senem: ea ballista si pervortam turrim et propugnacula, recta porta invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom et vetus.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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In 1005 he was made Bishop of Winchester, not without suspicion of a corrupt purchase (_episcopatum nummis nundinatus fuerat_), and died the following year.
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting
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Unum quodque istorum verbum nummis Philippis aureis non potest auferre hinc a me si quis emptor venerit; nec recte quae tu in nos dicis, aurum atque argentum merumst: fixus hic apud nos est animus tuos clavo Cupidinis. remigio veloque quantum poteris festina et fuge: quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert.
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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Ah, placide volo unum quidque agamus: hoc ubi egero, tum istuc agam. de ducentis nummis primum intendam ballistam in senem; ea ballista si pervortam turrim et propugnacula, 710 recta porta invadam extemplo in oppidum anticum et vetus: si id capso, geritote amicis vostris aurum corbibus, sicut animus sperat.
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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Lateranensibus parietibus "(Rome, 1625) on the occasion of restorations carried out in the church of St. John Lateran by his patron, Cardinal Borghese, also a dissertation on the relative importance of the right and left side as exhibited in certain old papal coins that place St. Paul to the right of St. Peter," De dextrae laevaeque manus praerogativa ex antiquis Pontificum nummis
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Early Eastern Christianity (London, 1904); Bayer, Historia Osrhoena et Edessena ex nummis illustrata (St. Petersburg, 1794); Gutschmid,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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It is difficult to say how much is wasted on the wildly improbable transformation of Jean Valjean, convict and pauper, into "M. M.deleine," _maire_ and (_nummis gallicis_) millionaire, through making sham jet.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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And Juvenal bluntly asks Quidsalvis infamia nummis, (what matters infamy so long as your cash is safe,) and appropos are these lines too:
A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling. 1862
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"Important denique sexies mille vel circiter centenarios salis, quorum singuli constant centenis modiis, ducentenas ut minimum & vicenas quinas, vel & tricenas, pro salis ipsius candore puritateque, libras pondo pendentibus, sena igitur libras centenariorum millia, computatis in singulos aureis nummis tricenis, centum & octoginta reserunt aureorum millia."
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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