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Philosophi saeculi veterem amorem novo, quasi clavum clavo repellere, quod et Assuero regi septem principes
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But if thou resist and go about vim vi repellere, as the custom of the world is, to right thyself, or hast given just cause of offence, 'tis no injury then but a condign punishment; thou hast deserved as much:
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Veruntamen sciendum est quòd nullius hominis personaliter ab ipso quidquam petentis consueuit repellere preces rationabiles, et contra eorum leges aut mores non venientes.
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Et debent diligenter cauere, quod non permittant Tartaros ponere machinas suas; et suis machinis debent eos repellere.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Veruntamen sciendum est qu騞 nullius hominis personaliter ab ipso quidquam petentis consueuit repellere preces rationabiles, et contra eorum leges aut mores non venientes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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If he come, so we are resolved to defend ourselves; the laws of God, of nature, and the laws of all nations, not only allowing, but obliging all men, _vim vi repellere_.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson
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What is said applies not when war is waged for defense against enemies, but in other circumstances; for if it is for defense, such war is permitted to any governor or king, as the authors say, because _vim vi repellere licet_; [11] and thus the viceroys and governors of the
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That is why I wear a sword: _Omnes leges, omniaque iura vim vi repellere cunctisque sese defensare permittunt!
The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881
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Aquilian law, to the same purpose: Vim vi repellere omnes leges omniaque jura permittunt.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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* Vim vi repellere omnes leges omniaque jura permittunt.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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