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Wischart_, frater-germanus Joannis Wischart de Pettarrow, "was one of the procurators in a matter concerning" _Georgius Wischart_, armiger
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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[25] Magni et excellentis ingenii et preclare indolis; præ se fert speciem fillii magni Principis, et super omnia ilaris et jocundus, e tutto festa: cum magna siquidem modestia est longe melioris et prestantioris aspectus, quam sit dux Candie germanus suus.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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"Sincerus amo quo te prosequebatur germanus noster Carolus Nonus, functus nuper, colet usque regiam nostram et pectori meo pertinaciter adhoeret."
The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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Satyrus, [130] Ambrosii germanus frater, qui tremendam illam hostiam circum se gestans in orario, naufragus insiliit in
Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Edmund Campion 1560
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Looks like Nellina has read the sanctus germanus prophecies (or at least knows a little about them).
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It is almost impossible that he should be the brother (frater germanus) of an eldest and posthumous child: nor do I recollect that Ammianus ever gives him that title.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Cui pater inta6bm dederat, primisque jugarat Ominibus: fed regna Tyri germanus habebat Pygmalion, fcelere ante alios inmianior oaaiSt Quos inter medius venit Furor.
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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Cui pater inta6tam dederat, primisque jugarat Ominibus: fed regna Tyri germanus habebat Pygmalion, fcelere ante aiios inmanior omnis,
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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Frater Noftri germanus, qui monafterio in Solenho - fen: Gottifridus f qui afceterio Fuldenfi: Saxo, qui Eerbipolenfi: Adatbertus (feu Albericus) & Gunthe* rus, qui Tegernfecnfi ciauftro t non fine eximia latt - de fe* fi. xgiKo Abbas SS.
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Ere morning had well dawned his journey was completed, and he got safely on shipboard, where, according to his own account, _quidam homo germanus_ [294] -- that is, according to some, a certain man a German; according to others, a certain man a kinsman -- received him very affectionately, and afterwards nursed him with great kindness during the sea-sickness from which he suffered throughout the stormy voyage.
The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell
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