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Julius Capitol, vita ejus, quum palam Citharaedus uxorem diligeret, minime curiosus fuit.
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For envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets, and doth not keep home: Non est curiosus, quin idem sit malevolus.
The Essays 2007
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Hoc solum tota vita persequere, ut praesentibus bene compositis, minime curiosus, aut ulla in re solicitus, quam plurimum potes vitam hilarem traducas.
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Ad hoc, addo breuitèr, quòd non auderem hortari quenquam, me consulentem, vt spontaneè ingrederetur hanc vallem infaustam, quamuis ego curiosus intraui.
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Ad hoc, addo breuit鑢, qu騞 non auderem hortari quenquam, me consulentem, vt spontane� ingrederetur hanc vallem infaustam, quamuis ego curiosus intraui.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets, and doth not keep home: Non est curiosus, quin idem sit malevolus [There is no curious man but has some malevolence to quicken his curiosity].
IX. Of Envy 1909
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Such, too, had been the idea of the Epicurean Velleius, when he shrunk with horror from the "_sempiternus dominus_" and "_curiosus Deus_" of the Stoics.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906
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There seems to be no better word for the officer who is called a curiosus.
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895
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Pliny's phrase regarding Myron -- Corporum curiosus.
Greek Studies: a Series of Essays Walter Pater 1866
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Corporum tenus curiosus: -- he was a "curious workman" as far as the living body is concerned.
Greek Studies: a Series of Essays Walter Pater 1866
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