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  • Deus misereatur nostri, et benedicat nobis: illuminet vultum suum super nos, et misereatur nostri.

    Archive 2009-09-01 bls 2009

  • Deus misereatur nostri, et benedicat nobis: illuminet vultum suum super nos, et misereatur nostri.

    Nos autem gloriari bls 2009

  • Mentem eripit timor hic; vultum, totumque corporis habitum immutat, etiam in deliciis, in tripudiis, in symposiis, in amplexu conjugis carnificinam exercet, lib.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Lycias in Phaedri vultum inhiat, Phaedrus in oculos Lyciae scintillas suorum defigit oculorum; cumque scintillis, &c. Sequitur Phaedrus Lyciam, quia cor suum petit spiritum; Phaedrum

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Paulus Abbas Eremita tanta solitudine, perseverat, ut nec vestem, nec vultum mulieris ferre possit, &c. 2519.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • ‘Dat bene, dat multum, qui dat cum munere vultum.’

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • The invocation to the Holy Face: "Illumine, Domine, vultum tuum super nos," that is, "Let the light of Thy Face shine upon us, O Lord."

    Pray without ceasing... Terry Nelson 2006

  • Et dum sedens respicerem terram, præcepit vt cleuarem vultum volens adhuc nos amplius respicere, vel fortè pro sortilegio: quia habent pro malo omine vel signo, vel pro mala Prognostica, quando aliquis sedet coram eis inclinata facie quasi tristis, maximè quum appodiat maxillam vel mentum super manum.

    The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

  • The poet saith, Nec vultu destrue verba tuo: a man may destroy the force of his words with his countenance; so may he of his deeds, saith Cicero, recommending to his brother affability and easy access; Nil interest habere ostium apertum, vultum clausum: it is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance.

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • Et dum sedens respicerem terram, pr鎐epit vt cleuarem vultum volens adhuc nos amplius respicere, vel fort� pro sortilegio: quia habent pro malo omine vel signo, vel pro mala Prognostica, quando aliquis sedet coram eis inclinata facie quasi tristis, maxim� quum appodiat maxillam vel mentum super manum.

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

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