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  • I had as lief be still Democritus junior, and privus privatus, si mihi jam daretur optio, quam talis fortasse Doctor, talis Dominus. —

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Mirum quanta passus sit H. 2. quomodo se submisit, ea se facturum pollicitus, quorum hodie ne privatus quidem partem faceret.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • An quum super fimo sedit Job, an eum omnia abstulit diabolus, &c. pecuniis privatus fiduciam deo habuit, omni thesauro preciosiorem.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Si toleras injuriam, victor evadis; qui enim pecuniis privatus est, non est privatus victoria in hac philosophia.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Praecepta medici dant nostris diversa, in medendo non infelices, pharmacis utuntur simplicibus, herbis, radicibus, &c. tota eorum medicina nostrae herbariae praeceptis continetur, nullus ludus hujus artis, quisque privatus a quolibet magistro eruditur.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • They obeyed him to the letter, of course; Sulla might now be a privatus stripped of all magisterial power, but he had been the Dictator for far too long for any man to believe he truly lacked power.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • In fact, there was some talk about giving you a Naval Crown to add to your Civic Crown, but Catulus was not prepared to go that far, and reminded the Conscript Fathers that you were a privatus, therefore were not eligible for military decorations.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • A privatus adventurer usurping the governor's authority would not sit well with Lucullus, for all he would understand why Caesar had acted.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • But as a Roman privatus pure and simple-a fellow who chanced to be in the vicinity and whose curiosity got the better of him.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • As consul, he cannot be made to answer for any action until his consulship and any proconsulship which follows are over and he is once more a privatus.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

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