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Some are of opinion that this love cannot be cured, Nullis amor est medicabilis herbis, it accompanies them to the [5559] last, Idem amor exitio est pecori pecorisque magistro.
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Ignotus pecori, 'as eulogised by the virgin-chorus in the beautiful epithalamium of Catullus, might be recognised in the youthful' religieuse 'if only human passion could be excluded; but the story of Heloise and Abelard is not a solitary proof of the superiority of human nature over an impossible and artificial spirituality.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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Frigida uix caelo noctis decesserat umbra, cum ros in tenera pecori gratissimus herba: 15 incumbens tereti Damon sic coepit oliuae.
Pharmaceutria Vergil 1912
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Virgil thinks it sometimes a beauty to imitate the license of the Greeks, and leave two vowels opening on each other, as in that verse of the Third Pastoral: Et succus pecori, et lac subducitur agnis.
Dedication Vergil 1909
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Quis pecori imperitet, quern tot armenta sequantur; non defuit
Thomas Hariot Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 1885
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Maiira tamen partus pecori doiores aife - rentes inteHigere.
P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum libri VI. Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso, Gottlieb Erdmann Gierig 1812
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Aut illae pecori frondem, aut pafloribus umbras Sufficiunt; faepemque fatis, et pabula melli:
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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Axcebis gravido pecori, armentaque pafces Sole recens orto, aut nodem ducentibus aflris.
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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Nec lupus inftdias pecori, nec retia cervis Ulla dolum meditantur: amat bonus otia Daphnis.
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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Arcebis gravido pecori, armentaque pafces Sole recens orto, aut nodem ducentibus aftris.
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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