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Ironically, it was when I was having to kill nights grinding in tartarus (which was mostly because I felt like Yukari and Mitsuru were guilt tripping me into it) that I felt myself beginning to get bored.
Choices, Choices SVGL 2008
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In the New Testament we have the word tartarus in its verb form.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 Various
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Instead of relying on single usage backup scripts or complicated command lines, "tartarus" reads its configuration from easily managable configuration files.
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Libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum;
Missa pro Defunctis: Domine Jesu Christe (Offertorium) bls 2009
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Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum de poenis inferni, et de profundo lacu: libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum: sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lumen sanctam:
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Then appears chaos, then the broad, firm, flat earth, with deep and dark tartarus below, and from these proceed different divinities and creatures, some grand and terrible, some simply monsters; their relations to each other violate all notions of decency and morality; their wars and slaughters, their gross and abominable crimes issue in successive creative products upon earth, which terminate at last in the appearance of man.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 Various
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At the beginning of the sickness a vomitium of ipecacuanha and tartarus stibiatus was administered (though on the march no real medical treatment was attempted); later on aether vitrioli with tinctura valerianae, tinctura aromatica and finally tinctura chinae composita aurantiorum with good wine, etc., were given.
Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 Achilles Rose 1877
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The strong man is bound and chained in tartarus, bruised by the Lord's foot.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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Alacran tartarus, also in the family Typhlochactidae, has been found at the greatest depth of all scorpions, at 750 to 920 meters below the surface in the Sistema Huautla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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If you store your backup files on an FTP server with limited storage, you might also be interested in the helper script "Charon" which removes stored backups exceeding a specific age and is included in the tartarus distribution package.
whichbe commented on the word tartarus
A good sauce for fish.
October 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word tartarus
I didn't realized fish sauces were punished after death.
I didn't realize they were wicked, either.
October 29, 2008
sionnach commented on the word tartarus
So, if Tartarus is Satan's abode, does that mean Satan abides in Tartarus? (As a child, I was led to believe that he lived at the North Ploe).
Am I correct in thinking that U.S. usage favors tartar sauce, while British English spells it as tartare sauce?
October 29, 2008