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Or, as the poet compares it to embers in ashes, which the wind blows, [5650] ut solet a ventis, &c., a scald head (as the saying is) is soon broken, dry wood quickly kindles, and when they have been formerly wounded with sight, how can they by seeing but be inflamed?
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Aspectus enim nudorum corporum tam mares quam feminas irritare solet ad enormes lasciviae appetitus.
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Cujus erat gratissimus amplexus (whose embrace was so agreeable) as Barnard saith, erit horribilis aspectus; Non redolet, sed olet, quae, redolere solet, As a posy she smells sweet, is most fresh and fair one day, but dried up, withered, and stinks another.
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Democritus solet noctes et dies apud se degere, plerumque autem in speluncis, sub amaenis arborum umbris vel in tenebris, et mollibus herbis, vel ad aquarum crebra et quieta fluenta,
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Note 113: Must., p. 41, chap. 121: "apud nos vero quamdiu integro suo corpore infans coagulet et solidetur. quod citius evenire solet eis qui bono corpore sunt nati, tardius qui inbecilli." back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Nullus tam severe inimicum suum ulcisci potest, quam Deus solet miserorum oppressores.
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Solemnity is made up of Latin words solet and annus, meaning a yearly annual celebration.
Solemnity, Feast or Memorial? Julie D. 2005
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Dum hic maritus moritur, vxor comburitur cum marito, nisi de illo habeat sobolem cum quo viuere solet, et vilet.
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Et notandum quòd mercatores, pro diamantibus frequenter aliud vendunt: Nam solet commixtio fieri de christallo Crochee, de
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Est autem communis potus eorum dulcis, delectabilis, et nutritiuus de Casaniel confectus, de qua et Saccarum fieri solet.
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