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Ad utile sanitas refertur; utilium est ambitio, cupido desiderium potius quam amor excessus avaritia.
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Natura opprimi nolens, excessus huius expulsionem conatur.
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From whichever cause this _excessus in terminis_ proceeded, we can do no less than congratulate the general state of
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The following are typical examples: -- trānsitus in Britanniam, _the passage to Britain_; excessus ē vītā, _departure from life_; odium ergā Rōmānōs, _hatred of the Romans_; liber dē senectūte, _the book on old age_; amor in patriam, _love for one's country_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Christians were formed, which served, especially in times of persecution, as rallying points for all those, far and near, who sighed for the end of the world and the excessus e soeculo, and who wished in these last days to lead a holy life.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Tertullian calls it sedilus excessus, a projecting seat, or shelf (Ad. Nat.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Even Suarez, who is regarded as a typical Probabilist, said: "Major probabilitas est quaedam moralis certitudo, si excessus probabilitatis certus est (De
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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[22] "_Audiens enim semel quorundam fratrum enormes excessus, ut fr.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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[Footnote 759: 'Per singulos excessus sex solidorum mulctam a se noverit exigendam et fustuario posse subjacere supplicio.'] [The schedule mentioned in this letter is unfortunately not preserved.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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Prodigalitas est excessus in consumendis opibus); or, as a less exercise of them than is fitting (Avaritia est defectus, etc.).
The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics Immanuel Kant 1764
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