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  • [6059] Primum ingratae, mox invisae noctes quae per somnum transiguntur, they cannot endure to lie alone, or to fast long.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Intelligo pecuniam rem esse jucundissimam, meam tamen libentius darem Cliniae quam ab aliis acciperem; libentius huic servirem, quam aliis imperarem, &c. Noctem et somnum accuso, quod illum non videam, luci autem et soli gratiam habeo quod mihi

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Animus conscientia sceleris inquietus, nullum admisit gaudium, sed semper vexatus noctu et interdiu per somnum visis horrore plenis putremefactus, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Plantum pedis inungere pinguedine gliris dicunt efficacissimum, et quod vix credi potest, dentes inunctos ex sorditie aurium canis somnum profundum conciliare, &c. Cardan de rerum varietat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Quae gestatae infelicem et tristem reddunt, curas augent, corpus siccant, somnum minuunt.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Attenuat melancholiam, et ad conciliandum somnum juvat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Saphyris, conclusi vtique aureis vel eburneis ligaturis, vt virtute lapidum capiat suauem somnum, motusque carnis inhonesti stimuli, in eo refrenentur.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Saphyris, conclusi vtique aureis vel eburneis ligaturis, vt virtute lapidum capiat suauem somnum, motusque carnis inhonesti stimuli, in eo refrenentur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • (The reason of Tisagoras.) noctū ambulābat Themistoclēs, quod somnum capere nōn posset,

    New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

  • The moon is waning: _suadentque cadentia sidera somnum_, if only there were any hope of being able to be persuaded by their reasonable suggestions.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various

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