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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Powder.
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You are acquainted with the properties of the composition of nitre, salt of tartar and sulphur, called pulvis fulminans.
Letters 1760
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Regem Deumque annuntiant thesaurus, et fragrans odor thuris Sabaei, ac myrrheus pulvis sepulchrum praedocet.
"The Hymns of Prudentius, translated by R. Martin Pope" bls 2009
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Regem Deumque annuntiant thesaurus, et fragrans odor thuris Sabaei, ac myrrheus pulvis sepulchrum praedocet.
Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009
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Valescus and Jason Pratensis much commend pulvis hali, which is made of it.
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Valescus admires pulvis Hali, and Jason Pratensis after him: the confection of which our new
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Et erit semen tuum sicut pulvis terrae, et multiplicaberis ad
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Et repondit Abraham, et dixit, Ecce, nunc coepi loqui ad Jehovam, et sum pulvis et cinis:
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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In sudore vultus tui vesceris pane, donec revertaris in terram: quia ex ea sumptus es: nam pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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[The three motets, 'Splendente Te Deus,' 'Ne pulvis et cinis,' and 'Deus Tibi laus et honor,' are adaptations from this work.]
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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We wished that we had brought the black, but had it not, and could not get it here, where even its name, _pulvis epilepticus_, is unknown.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various
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