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Fratres autem ducti fuerunt ad plateam ciuitatis, vbi accensus est ignis copiosus, in quen frater Thomas voluit se proijcere, sed quidam Saracenus cepit eam per caputium et retraxit dicens; Non vadus tu cum sis senex, quia carmen aliquod vel experimentum habere posses super te, quare te ignis non posset laedere, sed alium ire in ignem permittas.
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Atqui non est aliud quod aeque perficere beatitudinem possit quam copiosus bonorum omnium status nec alieni egens sed sibi ipse sufficiens.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Equidem minime miror, si quando es in privatos dicatior, cum in ipsos principes tam facile inveharis, et tamen nullius injuria, aut vitae contumelia facit, ut tam sis promptus, aut copiosus in eorum objurgationem.
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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The word copious means plentiful in number deriving from the Latin copiosus, from copia, meaning "abundance."
Forbes.com: News Rick Segal 2011
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The lecturer ( 'homo copiosus') discoursed for some hours on the duties of a general, and military subjects generally.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Quâ in re decernendâ cum ego casu non affuissem, sensissemque id equestrem ordinem ferre moleste, neque aperte dicere: objurgavi senatum, ut mihi visus sum, summâ cum auctoritate, et in causâ non verecundâ admodum gravis et copiosus fui. "
Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856
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