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Illum esse solum in toto orbe terrarum, qui praeceptis etiam salubribus instruere iuvenes quotidie posset.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Charpentier gives similar use of the Latin word, -- "Membrare, instruere, ornare, Gall. garnir;" citing a French document, dated 1352: "Item, unam zonam de serico _Membratam_ de argento et esmandis;" and another of 1366: "Duas zonas de serico, argento stofatas et _Membratas_."
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_Atr_. scio quid queraris: scelere praerepto doles, nec quod nefandas hauseris angit dapes; quod non pararis: fuerat hic animus tibi instruere similes inscio fratri cibos et adiuvante liberos matre aggredi similique leto sternere -- hoc unum obstitit:
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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The practice of the Church in the earliest ages, as shown by the ancient custom, going back to Apostolic times, of giving the catechumens (katechoumenoi from katechein, viva voce instruere) a verbal instruction in the articles of faith and of directing them, shortly before baptism, to make a public recitation of the Apostles '
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Nan ibi admirandum reor fuisse spectaculum, ubi cernere erat cunctis, pugnantem Gothum ense furentem, Gepidam in vulnere suorum cuncta tela frangentem, Suevum pede, Hunnum sagitta praesumere, Alanum gravi Herulum levi, armatura, aciem instruere.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Cujus est instruere, ejus est destruere -- the right to enact implies the right to repeal.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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Nan ibi admirandum reor fuisse spectaculum, ubi cernere erat cunctis, pugnantem Gothum ense furentem, Gepidam in vulnere suorum cuncta tela frangentem, Suevum pede, Hunnum sagitta praesumere, Alanum gravi Herulum levi, armatura, aciem instruere.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Pharmacopolijs, destituimur, mensam instruere et frugaliter viuere sustineant) ita se habere haud multis refragabimur, videlicet pr鎑icta victus genera, passim sine salis condimento vsitata esse.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Pharmacopolijs, destituimur, mensam instruere et frugaliter viuere sustineant) ita se habere haud multis refragabimur, videlicet prædicta victus genera, passim sine salis condimento vsitata esse.
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* Qui docent, 'Deum quidem hominem fidelem sufficientibus ad perseverandum viribus instruere, ac paratum esse eas in ipso conservare si officium faciat: positis tamen illis omnibus, quae ad perseverandum in fide necessaria sunt, quaeque Deus ad conservandam fidem adhibere vult, pendere semper a "voluntatis arbitrio, ut perseveret, vel non perseveret.'
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