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[4709] Hostius quidam specula fecit, et ita disposuit, ut quum virum ipse pateretur, aversus omnes admissarii motus in speculo videret, ac deinde falsa magnitudine ipsius membri tanquam vera gauderet, simul virum et foeminam passus, quod dictu foedum et abominandum.
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By the bye, know, O thou devourer of grapes, who contemnest the vulgar gooseberry, that thou art not singular in thy devouring -- _nec tam aversus equos sol jungit
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) 1824
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In qua si animus aversus est, jam sublata, jam nulla est.
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In qua si animus aversus est, jam sublata, jam nulla est.
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Nec tam aversus equos Tyriâ sol jungit ab urbe. "
Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Johnson, Samuel 1891
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