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_Quem populus Romanus meliorem virum quam histrionem esse arbitratur; qui ita dignissimus est scená propter artificium, ut dignissimus sit curiá propter abstinentiam.

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus

It was this _artificium admirabile_ of which Harvey was unable to give a description.

Fathers of Biology Charles McRae

Ille lente parebat imperio puellaque artificium pari motu remunerabat.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

You see in the time of old Rome, Julius Caesar wiped out all syndicates which had existed previously and which were called the "collegia artificium".

Italy and World Affairs 1934

He also tried to form a universal language ( "Polygraphia seu artificium lingarum, quo cum omnibus totius mundi populis poterit quis correspondere", Rome, 1663).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

All the inventions which he enumerates have, he declares, been actually made in ancient times, with the exception of a flying-machine (instrumentum volandi quod non vidi nec hominem qui vidisset cognovi, sed sapientem qui hoc artificium excogitavit explere cognosco).

The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894

The words are, sed tamen salis petrae _lure mope can ubre_, et sulphuris; et sic facies tonitrum, et corruscationem, si scias, artificium.

The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766

From Latin artificium (craftsmanship, art), from art + facere (to make).

Answers.com: Today's Highlights 2010

Egone quemquam vestrum existimen tam esse mucosis naribus, qui hoc artificium, monitus, non persentiscat?

Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Edmund Campion 1560

Not merely an artificium for display purpose, since the cubic trend is more or less what the model predicts.

Scientific Blogging 2009