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(_Melanelius e Galeno, Ruffo, Aetio_,) and dare not be alone in the dark for fear of hobgoblins and devils: he suspects everything he hears or sees to be a devil, or enchanted, and imagineth a thousand chimeras and visions, which to his thinking he certainly sees, bugbears, talks with black men, ghosts, goblins, &c.;, [2491]_Omnes se terrent aurae, sonus excitat omnis.

—The Anatomy of Melancholy

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(_Melanelius e Galeno, Ruffo, Aetio_,) and dare not be alone in the dark for fear of hobgoblins and devils: he suspects everything he hears or sees to be a devil, or enchanted, and imagineth a thousand chimeras and visions, which to his thinking he certainly sees, bugbears, talks with black men, ghosts, goblins, &c.;, [2491]_Omnes se terrent aurae, sonus excitat omnis. — The Anatomy of Melancholy
I am now rich, honoured, high in the favour of courts, and not altogether unknown or unesteemed arbitrio popularis aurae: and yet I almost think I was happier when, in that flush of youth and inexperience, I looked forth into the wide world, and imagined that from every corner would spring up a triumph for my vanity or an object for my affections. — The Disowned — Complete
Arbitrio popularis aurae. " — What Will He Do with It? — Volume 07
Quos et aquea subeant et aurae. ' — The Parisians — Volume 11
-- And Lipsius to affirm, Scio, poetam neminem praestantem fuisse, sine parte quadam uberiore divinae aurae. — Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems