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Non amicis, non liberis, non ipsi sibi quidquam impertit, possidet ad hoc tantum, ne possidere alteri liceat, &c.Hieron. ad Paulin. tam deest quod habet quam quod non habet.
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Haec perinde sunt ac illius animus qui ea possidet;
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[1815] If that will not serve, if once this humour (as [1816] Cyprian describes it) possess his thirsty soul, ambitionis salsugo ubi bibulam animam possidet, by hook and by crook he will obtain it, and from his hole he will climb to all honours and offices, if it be possible for him to get up, flattering one, bribing another, he will leave no means unessay'd to win all.
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Arabiæ, quod est regnum valdè protensum, et cum his possidet dominatus omnium Caliphorum: ad quod sciendum, quòd quaundóque fuerunt tres Caliphorum dominatus: Ex quibus primus Caliphus qui dicebatur Chaldæorum, et Arabum, cuius erat sedes in Ciuitate
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Arabi�, quod est regnum vald� protensum, et cum his possidet dominatus omnium Caliphorum: ad quod sciendum, qu騞 quaund髊ue fuerunt tres Caliphorum dominatus: Ex quibus primus Caliphus qui dicebatur Chald鎜rum, et Arabum, cuius erat sedes in Ciuitate
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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* Facta caput mundo, quicquid non possidet armis,: [5668] 1
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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_Quod_ in this sense followed by the subjunctive seems to be an Ovidian idiom; it is used by him at _Her_ IV 157-61 '_quod_ mihi _sit_ genitor, qui possidet aequora,
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Hic quiescit ancilla Dei, quæ de suis omnibus possidet domum istam, quam amicæ deflent solaciumque requirunt.
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Ubi intenderis ingenium, valet; si libido possidet, ea dominatur, animus nihil valet.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Mens regnum bona possidet (A good mind possesses a kingdom).
Quotations 1919
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