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Lemnius goes about to prove, Immiscent se mali Genii pravis humoribus, atque atrae, bili, &c.
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(Vitam autem relinquendam esse bonis in nimiis quidem miseriis pravis vero in nimium quoque secundis) And similarly: [Greek: Dio kai gamaesein, kai paidopoiaesesthai, kai politeusesthai], etc.; [Greek: kai katholou taen aretaen aokounta kai menein en to bio, kai palin, ei deoi, pote di anankas apallagaesesthai, taphaes pronoaesanta] etc.
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Saith he, “Aurum, quod pravis diaboli persuasionibus quasi lutum sterni potuerit, aurum ante Dei oculos nunquam fuit, qui enim seduci quandoque non reversuri possunt, quasi habitam sanctitatem ante oculos hominum videntur amittere, sed eam ante oculos Dei nunquam habuerunt.”
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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Præcipuum munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque pravis dictis factisque ex posteritate et infamiâ metus sit.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Anglo-Saxons, according to the testimony of the same, who may have seen many as his lived in the twelfth century, were very poor; they were pleased with "pravis et abjectis domibus."
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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Domini evellant: attendant scholis et scholarum moderatoribus ne qua ex privatis sententiis et pravis opinionibus juventuti instillatis, postmodum Ecclesiae et reipub. pernicies denuo creetur.
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Quinimo accedentibus jam etiam annis, cogitationibus, dictis et factis pravis contra legem Dei admissis, corruptos fructus, mala arbore dignos, proferimus (Matt.xii. 33): quo nomine, merito nostro, irae Dei obnoxii, poenis subjicimur justis; adeoque a Deo abjecti essemus omnes, nisi reduxisset nos Christus liberator.
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"Praecipuum munus annalium, reor, ne virtutes sileantur; utque pravis dictis factisque ex posteritate et infamia metus sit."
Friends in Council — First Series Arthur Helps 1844
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Posted on December 31, 2008 at 08: 38 ET Zeleo sam da ti pisem na tvoj imejl, ali ga nemam kod sebe, a vidim da pravis novi veb-sajt.
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226 Exequi sententias haud institui, nisi insignes per honestum, aut notabili dedecore: quod præcipuum munus annalium reor, ne virtutes sileantur, utque pravis dictis factisque ex posteritate et infamiâ motus sit.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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