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I think Lewis has nailed something important here — Rem acu tetigit.
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Et vidit quod non praevaleret ei, et tetigit palam femoris ejus, et movit se pala femoris Iahacob, luctante illo cum eo.
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Idciro non comedunt filii Israel nervum contractionis, qui est in pala femoris, usque ad diem hanc: quia tetigit palam femoris Iahacob in nervo contractionis.
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The sources from which Shakespeare drew the plots of his three dozen of plays are for the most part easily recognisable; and although in each case the material was altered to suit his requirements -- _nihil tetigit quod non ornavit_ -- there is as a rule very little doubt as to the derivation.
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Tum Circé, quae artis magicae summam scientiam habébat, baculó aureó quod gerébat capita eórum tetigit; quó factó omnés in porcós subitó conversí sunt.
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He was a poet, an essayist, a dramatist, and an historian; a writer who, in the words of his epitaph, -- written by Dr. Johnson, and with no extravagant eulogium, -- touched all subjects, and touched none that he did not adorn, -- _nullum quod tetigit non ornavit_.
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Ille etsí suspicátus est venénum sibi parátum esse, póculum exhausit; quó factó Circé postquam caput éius baculó tetigit, ea verba locúta est quibus sociós éius anteá in porcós converterat.
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Johnson said of Goldsmith, that "nihil quod tetigit non ornavit."
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The predominating cause of Punch's resentment was the historic episode of the opening of suspect correspondence, notably that of Mazzini; but Sir James Graham could do nothing right in Punch's view: nihil tetigit quod non foedavit.
Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857
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Mnesilochum ut requiram atque ut eum mecum ad te adducam simul. nam illud animus meus miratur, si a me tetigit nuntius, quid remoretur. ibo ut visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi.
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