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Come then what can come, befall what may befall, infractum invictumque [3825] animum opponas: Rebus angustis animosus atque fortis appare.
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Arthurus qui fuit quondam inclytissimus Rex Britonum, vir magnus fuit & animosus, & miles illustris.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Although an ecclesiastic from his youth, he was by no means a man of peace or a mere scholar and theologian; _Vir animosus et audax_, says Giraldus.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Philip Walsingham Sergeant 1912
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General Townshend, _rebus angustis animosus_ -- "in a tight place but full of beans" -- is besieged in Kut, and the relieving forces have not been able to dislodge the Turks.
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If heredity counts for anything he began life with an excellent chance of becoming famous -- _non sine dîs animosus infans_.
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Arthurus qui fuit quondam inclytissimus Rex Britonum, vir magnus fuit & animosus, & miles illustris.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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errabat nudo per loca sola pede; 50 hanc Anien rapidis animosus uidit ab undis
The Loves of Rivers Ovid 1912
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Possibly the twofold meaning of {241} [Greek: eupsuchos] which stands both for _animosus_ and _frigidus_ (see Dieterich,
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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A poet of the senses, he may be and is, just as she says ” but then it is of the senses idealized; and no dream in a 'store-room' would ever be like the 'Eve of St. Agnes,' unless dreamed by some 'animosus infans,' like Keats himself.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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The courage of St. Sabas, ut leo animosus, will justify the suspicion that the arms of these monks were not always spiritual or defensive, (Baronius, A.D.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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