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Statuit tamen Metellus, quamquam et aestivorum tempus [256] comitiorum mora imminuerat, et expectatione eventus civium animos intentos putabat, non prius bellum attingere quam majorum disciplina milites laborare coegisset.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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"_Bellorum eventus dubii sunt_," remarked the prudent Milanese, however, and he was proved right.
Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam
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L. Sulla, armis recepta re publica, bonis initiis malos eventus habuit, [69] rapere omnes, trahere, domum alius, alius agros cupere, neque modum neque modestiam victores habere, foeda crudeliaque in civibus [70] facinora facere.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Other convents, however, gladly availed themselves of the possessions which the pope offered them, "propter eventus temporum et pericula sæculorum".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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“Bellorum eventus dubii sunt,” remarked the prudent Milanese, however, and he was proved right.
Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908
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When the great news reached Paris on the 10th of May, Fauconbridge, a clerk of Parliament, made the following note in his register: -- 'Quis eventus fuerit novit Deus bellorum'; and on the margin of the register he has traced a little profile sketch of a woman in armour, holding in her right hand a pennon on which are inscribed the letters
Joan of Arc Ronald Sutherland Gower 1880
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Fools have been hardly dealt with in the saying that the event is their master ( "eventus stultorum magister"), seeing how it rules us all.
Friends in Council — First Series Arthur Helps 1844
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_Sæpiùs patriæ quàm suorum_ (_817_) _ eventus miseratus.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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As is the case with biannual mega-eventus, however, the collective show is indeed going on, and E!
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If you are interested in gaining commercial programming experience utilizing the latest Microsoft technologies then forward your CV to jobs@eventus-it.com for more information.
ZDNet UK Highlights 2009
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