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  • Tranio in the [343] poet, nisi quod faciunt summis nati generibus? he hath done no more than what gentlemen usually do.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • A species that used to suffer under the name Arum summis labris degustantes mutos reddens became instead simply Arum maculatum.

    Happy Linnaeus Day!! - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Temperance is a bridle of gold, and he that can use it aright, [2941] ego non summis viris comparo, sed simillimum Deo judico, is liker a God than a man: for as it will transform a beast to a man again, so will it make a man a God.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • It cannot be revoked, we are all mortal, and these all commanding gods and princes die like men: [3898] — involvit humile pariter et celsum caput, aquatque summis infima.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Hominis experientia, vt mihi quidem videtur, multum te adiuuerit in re vna, eaque summis � te votis expetita, et magnopere elaborata, de qua tam varie inter se dissentiunt Cosmographi recentiores; patefactione nimirum ingentis illius Promontorij Tabin, celebrisque illius et opulent� regionis sub Cathayorum rege per Oceanum ad Orientem brumalem.

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

  • Protestant Reformers with marked enthusiasm, witness the extremely popular Chronica (1532) of Johann Car - ion and De quatuor summis imperiis (1556) of Johann

    HIERARCHY AND ORDER C. A. PATRIDES 1968

  • _Tro_ 1090-91 'in cacumine/erecta _summos_ [_uar_ summo] turba librauit _pedes_', and _Met_ IV 562 'aequora destringunt _summis_

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Lyndeshye, who was abbot of Peterborough in 1214, only possessed six volumes, which were such as he constantly required for reference or devotion; they consisted of a Numerale Majestri W. de Montibus cum alliis rebus; Tropi Majestri Petri cum diversis summis; Sententiæ Petri

    Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather

  • HAMMILTON, ex illustrissima Hammiltonum familia, quæ ex summis Regni

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Habe modo bonum animum, nam illum confido domum in his diebus me reconciliassere. nam eccum hic captivom adulescentem intus Aleum, prognatum genere summo et summis ditiis: 170 hoc illum me mutare confido pote.

    Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

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