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Amator scortum vitae praeponit, iracundus vindictam, parasitus gulam, ambitiosus honores, avarus opes, miles rapinam, fur praedam; morbos odimus et accersimus.
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Cyrensis describes him, a [206] sodomite, an atheist, (so convict by Anytus) iracundus et ebrius, dicax, &c. a pot-companion, by
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Amator scortum vitae praeponit, iracundus vindictam; fur praedam, parasitus gulam, ambitiosus honores, avarus opes, &c.
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Thus, in the character of Achilles, it would be difficult to find a single good quality; he is "impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer," and
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810
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At scin quam iracundus siem? ne tibi hercle haud longe est os ab infortunio, ita dentifrangibula haec meis manibus gestiunt.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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And thus were our Theatrical Affairs frequently disconcerted by this irascible Commander, this Achilles of our Confederacy, who, I may be bold to say, came very little short of the Spirit Horace gives to that Hero in his -- Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer; which, 'he continued,' has been thus rendered (vernacularly) by Struan Robertson: --
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer; which, 'he continued,' has been thus rendered (vernacularly) by Struan Robertson: --
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer; which, 'he continued,' has been thus rendered (vernacularly) by Struan Robertson: --
Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801
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Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, was the portrait of the most illustrious hero drawn by one of the first poets of antiquity.
A View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 1704-1787 1799
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