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  • Hic in aliquibus Aethiopiæ partibus habitant publicè, inhonestorum vtriusque sexus hominum consuetudinem inhonestam gerentes, et in æstu meridiano refrigerandi causa exeunt circa ciuitatem ad riparias iacere, et discurrere nudis prorsus corporibus omni pudore reiecto, ex quo procul dubio inhonesta vitia sequuntur.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Hic in aliquibus Aethiopi� partibus habitant public�, inhonestorum vtriusque sexus hominum consuetudinem inhonestam gerentes, et in 鎠tu meridiano refrigerandi causa exeunt circa ciuitatem ad riparias iacere, et discurrere nudis prorsus corporibus omni pudore reiecto, ex quo procul dubio inhonesta vitia sequuntur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Compare as well _Anth Lat_ 415 39-40 'spes Magnum profugum toto discurrere in orbe/iusserat et pueri regis adire pedes'; the distich follows a description of the hardships undergone by Marius.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • -- "On my return to Lorium," he writes, "I found my little lady -- domnulam meam -- in a fever;" and again, in a letter to one of the most serious of men, "You will be glad to hear that our little one is better, and running about the room -- parvolam nostram melius valere et intra cubiculum discurrere."

    Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 Walter Pater 1866

  • To take only the fifth letter, we find this passage: Doleo enim quando audio quosdam improbe et insolenter discurrere, et ad ineptian vel ad discordias vacare, Christi membra et jam Christum confessa per concubitus illicitos inquinari, nec a diaconis aut presbyteris regi posse, sed id agere ut per paucorum pravos et malos mores, multorum et bonorum confessorum gloria honesta maculetur.

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • Hic in aliquibus Aethiopiæ partibus habitant publicè, inhonestorum vtriusque sexus hominum consuetudinem inhonestam gerentes, et in æstu meridiano refrigerandi causa exeunt circa ciuitatem ad riparias iacere, et discurrere nudis prorsus corporibus omni pudore reiecto, ex quo procul dubio inhonesta vitia sequuntur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • Passion comes in many forms His * discurrere work exudes Passion and connects you with the emotion that is art.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • To take only the fifth letter, we find this passage: Doleo enim quando audio quosdam improbe et insolenter discurrere, et ad ineptian vel ad discordias vacare, Christi membra et jam Christum confessa per concubitus illicitos inquinari, nec a diaconis aut presbyteris regi posse, sed id agere ut per paucorum pravos et malos mores, multorum et bonorum confessorum gloria honesta maculetur.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • concha dedit, formae nominis aptus honos. docta per incertas audax discurrere siluas

    'Margaret': A Dog's Epitaph Anonymous 1912

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