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  • Jucundum, Delightfull; and Good as the Means, which is called Utile,

    Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

  • Since my return from Kabul, Ihave managed to sell what Utile remained of my land.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007

  • Utile imprimis noctu faciem illinire sanguine leporino, et mane aqua fragrorum vel aqua floribus verbasci cum succo limonum distillato abluere.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • How Utile those things matter to me now after all the loss, all the terrible things Ihave seen in this cursed war.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007

  • Indeed your brother was not quite so abstrnctcdlij inattentive,/thought, to the beauty of Miss Clark-son, but he might give some Utile shadoiv of ground for observation to a censorious person.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • He cast a last, regretful look around the cheerful and friendly Utile apartment before he left.

    Knocked for a Loop Rice, Craig, 1908-1957 1957

  • He returned Malone's greeting a Utile vaguely, accepted a cigar and the invitation to sit down, and sniffed the air.

    Knocked for a Loop Rice, Craig, 1908-1957 1957

  • Five minutes and several phone calls later he informed Malone that Jake Justus had been released, the silly Utile charges against him had been dropped, and he too was on his way over.

    Knocked for a Loop Rice, Craig, 1908-1957 1957

  • He was going to need to do a Utile improvising himself, and so far he didn't have even the beginning of a theme.

    Knocked for a Loop Rice, Craig, 1908-1957 1957

  • In Brightling church is a bust to John Fuller, with the motto: "Utile nihil quod non honestum."

    Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

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