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  • Pompeius, disposito per omnes maris recessus navium praesidio, brevi terrarum orbem illa peste liberavit; praedones multis locis victos fudit; eosdem in deditionem acceptos in urbibus et agris procul a mari collocavit.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Now that’s how you deal with pirates. 2009

  • But as a good Christian prince once made answer to a menacing Turk, facile scelerata hominum arma contemnit, qui del praesidio tutus est: or as

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Peñon de Velez is the third praesidio-island, a convict settlement of the Spaniards on this coast, and a very strong position, situate opposite the mouths of the river Gomera, which disembogues in the Mediterranean.

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • Alhucemos, is another small island and praesidio of the

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • On an isle near, and joined to the mainland by a draw-bridge, is the Spanish praesidio, or convict-settlement called also Melilla, containing a population of 2,244 according to the Spanish, but

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • Portuguese recovered their independence, the Spaniards were left masters of Ceuta, which continues still in their hands, but is of no utility to them except as a praesidio, which makes the fourth penal settlement possessed by them on this coast.

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • Cum enim primum tantam naturae humanae vellent astruere sanitatem, ut per solum liberum arbitrium posset assequi Dei regnum; eo quod tam plene ipso conditionis suae praesidio juvaretur; ut habens naturaliter rationalem intellectum facile bonum eligeret malumque vitaret, et ubi in utraque parte libera essent opera voluntatis, non facultatem his qui mali sunt ad bonum deesse, sed studium.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • Itaque in Numidiae loca opulentissima pergit, agros vastat, multa castella et oppida temere [304] munita aut sine praesidio capit incenditque; puberes interfici jubet, alia omnia militum praedam esse.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

  • Volux adveniens quaestorem appellat dicitque se a patre Boccho obviam illis simul et praesidio missum.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

  • Dum apud Zamam sic certatur, Jugurtha ex improviso castra hostium cum magna manu invadit, remissis, qui in praesidio erant, [315] et omnia magis quam proelium expectantibus, portam irrumpit.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

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