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Lex would be a lot more centesimusus if it didn't credo on a lot of verbum obscuris.
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Semper in obscuris quod minimum est sequimur; canonized in c. in obscuris.eod. tit. lib.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Semper in obscuris quod minimum est sequimur; canonized in c. in obscuris.eod. tit. lib.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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[Footnote 20: The original has undergone various changes here: my version coincides with the reading, _locis circà densa obsita virgulta obscuris_.] 15.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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_I. _ rufescenti-fusca; coxis femoribusque obscuris; alis hyalinis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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That is to say, we should find that in his anxiety not to repeat what had been said before him, and in his horror of the trite and the superficial, he will achieve effect and attach interest _obscuris vera involvens_ -- wrapping the truth in darkness.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888
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As to his poem, those alone are capable of doing it justice, who, to use the words of a great writer, know how hard it is (with regard both to his subject and his manner) _vetustis dare novitatem, obsoletis nitorem, obscuris lucem, fastiditis gratiam_.
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Alexander Pope 1716
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Semper in obscuris quod minimum est sequimur; canonized in c. in obscuris.eod. tit. lib.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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5, -- "Latet obscuris condita virtus Clara tenebris, justusque tulit Crimen iniqui"
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The word of God manifestis pascit, obscuris exercet (Aug. in Joh.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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