exemplum

• If our "joe" is an apt exemplum of Mid-Dull Murkan intellect, judgment, and critical acuity, the schools have succeeded beyond their wildest imaginings in crippling the capacity of the people to rule themselves as free beings. —  My Left Wing - Front Page
• 249 4 At vero, quod nefas dicere, neque sit ullum hujus rei tam dirum exemplum: si cujuslibet eximiae pulcherrimaeque fominae caput capillo exspoliaveris, et faciem nativa specie nudaveris, licet ilia coelo dejecta, mari יdita, fluctibus educata, licet, inquam, Venus ipsa fuerit, licet omni Gratiarum choro stipata, et toto Cupidinum populo comitata et balteo suo cincta, cinnama fragrans, et balsama rorans calva processerit, placere non potent nee Vulcano suo Apuleius: Metamorph_. —  Gryll Grange
• Suscipe exemplum: substantia est lapis, ferrum; duritia lapidis et ferri natura substantić est. Duritia (natura) communicat, substantia discordat. —  History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
• It has been converted into a single proverbial verse, from the following passage of Claudian Componitur orbis Regis ad exemplum: nec sic inflictere sensus Humanos edicta valent, ut vita regentis De IV. —  Notes and Queries, Number 53, November 2, 1850
• Pone exemplum, quod quis potest ambulare super trahem quae est in via: sed si sit super aquam profundam, loco pontis, non ambulabit super eam, eo quod imaginetur in animo et timet vehementer, forma cadendi impressa, cui obediunt membra omnia, et facultates reliquae 2667. —  The Anatomy of Melancholy

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