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  • Patricii Ricimeris, cui filia perennis Augusti in spem publicae securitatis copulabator.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Qui Mariam absolvisti, et latronem exaudisti, mihi quoque spem dedisti.

    Archive 2009-06-01 bls 2009

  • Sapias, vina liques, et spatio brevi spem longam reseces.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Flavia 2009

  • Sapias, vina liques, et spatio brevi spem longam reseces.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009

  • Mulier melancholia correpta ex longa viri peregrinatione, et iracunde omnibus respondens, quum maritus domum reversus, praeter spem, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Viles animae et effrontes (sic enim Lutherus [2093] alicubi vocat) lucelli causa, ut muscae ad mulctra, ad nobilium et heroum mensas advolant, in spem sacerdotii, cujuslibet honoris, officii, in quamvis aulam, urbem se ingerunt, ad quodvis se ministerium componunt. —

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Si ranas et viperas comedisse se putant, concedere debemus, et spem de cura facere.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Helleborum album, qui secus spem non habent, non iis qui Syncopem timent, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • In such courses when they see no remedy, but that they must either kill or be killed, they take courage, and oftentimes, praeter spem, beyond all hope vindicate themselves.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Nihil aeque amarum, quam diu pendere: quidam aequiore animo ferunt praecidi spem suam quam trahi.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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