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White shasta daisy Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’ blooms in the yellow/white bed on the left side of the path.
Zoom « Fairegarden 2009
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Chrys. hom 5. non fornicatorem abnuit, non ebrium avertit, non superbum repellit, non aversatur Idololatram, non adulterum, sed omnes suscipit, omnibus communicat.
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_Magnificum_, white, slightly pinkish at the edge; and _violaceum superbum_, white with rich purple edge, are some of the other good varieties of these beautiful plants.
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Nimis iracunde. non decet superbum esse hominem servom.
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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At scin quo modo? faciam ego hodie te superbum, nisi hinc abis.
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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Troia nos tumidos facit nimium ac feroces? stamus hoc Danai loco, unde illa cecidit. fateor, aliquando impotens regno ac superbus altius memet tuli; sed fregit illos spiritus haec quae dare potuisset aliis causa, Fortunae favor. tu me superbum, Priame, tu timidum facis. ego esse quicquam sceptra nisi vano putem fulgore tectum nomen et falso comam vinclo decentem? casus haec rapiet brevis, nec mille forsan ratibus aut annis decem.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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Euertere uisum (12) is caught up by ceciditque Ilium (23), with the new detail superbum added, and again echoed (3) by humo fumatfumat giving a fresh touch to the picture.
Introduction 1912
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Vos quibus rector maris atque terrae ius dedit magnum necis atque uitae, ponite inflatos tumidosque uultus: quicquid a uobis minor expauescit, 15 maior hoc uobis dominus minatur; omne sub regno grauiore regnum est. quem dies uidit ueniens superbum, hunc dies uidit fugiens iacentem.
Mutability 1912
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I select at random the opening lines of the third Aeneid: Postquam res Asiae Priamique euertere gentem immeritam uisum superis, ceciditque superbum
Introduction 1912
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* Quapropter facere te oportet plenissimas litteras ad coepiscopos nostros in Gallia constitutos, ne ultra Marcianum pervicacem et superbum .... collegio nostro insultare patiantur: [1723] 1
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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