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Seneca de quatuor virtutibus cardinalibus, Passavantus cum commento, and Dormi secure for the holidays, and some other of such like mealy stuff, by reading whereof he became as wise as any we ever since baked in an oven.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Seneca de quatuor virtutibus cardinalibus, Passavantus cum commento, and Dormi secure for the holidays, and some other of such like mealy stuff, by reading whereof he became as wise as any we ever since baked in an oven.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Many contented themselves with copying some of those ready-made ballads, of which professional poets supplied ready-made collections; just as sermons were written for the benefit of obtuse parish priests, under the significant title of "Dormi Secure" [586] (Sleep in peace, tomorrow's sermon is ready).
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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In Germany we find: John of Minden (d. 1413); Henry of Werl (d. 1463); John of Werden (d. 1437); author of the renowned collection of sermons "Dormi secure"; John Brugman (d. 1473); Dietrich
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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I hope readers will forgive me -- though I know they won't -- for saying that _Dormi, dormi tu_ sounds a triumphant exclamation at the sixteenth hole.
The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century William Lyon Phelps 1904
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'Dormi, o bella, o fingi di dormir,' of which the melody was fully worthy.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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'Dormi, o bella, o fingi di dormir,' of which the melody was fully worthy.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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One of these romantic pieces had a beautiful burden, "Dormi, o bella, o fingi di dormir," of which the melody was fully worthy.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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Hence the French proverb, applied to a well-read lawyer, _He knows his "Barthole" as well as a Cordelier his "Dormi_" (an anonymous compilation of sermons for the use of the Cordelier monks).
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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"J'ai Dormi Sous L'eau" and the vocoder phrases announcing "Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi" make sure that dark clouds never block the sunshine.
AvaxHome RSS: paprica 2010
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