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  • Without knowing it therefore, heroic Ciceronian clausulae and elaborate Tacitan litotes can always be found in the English of people like me.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Bluestocking 2008

  • Without knowing it therefore, heroic Ciceronian clausulae and elaborate Tacitan litotes can always be found in the English of people like me.

    on language and owning ones voice... Bluestocking 2008

  • [Footnote 40: _clausulae_ vulgo.] [Footnote 41: _Daedalum_ (Krüger).] _On Providence and its marvels.

    The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914

  • Paenitentiaria in quatuor partes distributa, in quibus declarantur singularum formularum clausulae et traditur modus praefatas litteras exequendi (Rome, 1644); CORRADUS, Praxis dispensationum aposiolicarum ex solidissimo Romans curies stylo inconcusse servato excerpta, praxim quoque officii S.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Cuius generis versus in primo et secundo Rameidos libro nusquam nisi ad finem capitum apposita inveniuntur, et huic loco unice sunt accommodata, quasi peroratio, lyricis numeris assurgens, quo magis canorae cadant clausulae: sicut musici in concentibus extremis omnium vocum instrumentorumque ictu fortiore aures percellere amant.

    Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866

  • Guibert's penchant for alliteration, rhyming clausulae, and pithiness must usually be sacrificed.

    The Deeds of God Through the Franks Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert 1088

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