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And though Socrates himself was there to comfort him, ubi pristina virtutum jactatio O Axioche? where is all your boasted virtue now, my friend? yet he was very timorous and impatient of death, much troubled in his mind, Imbellis pavor et impatientia, &c.
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Aer paulo frigidior, vel humidior, vestimentum inusitatum indutum; exercitatio paulullum nimia; ambulatio, equitatio, in quovis vehiculo jactatio; haec omnia novos motus suscitant.
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Gubernator in tempestate dignoscitur, in acie miles probatur; delicata jactatio est, cum periculum non est: conflictatio in adversis, probatio est veritatis.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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Gubernator in tempestate dignoscitur, in acie miles probatur; delicata jactatio est, cum periculum non est: conflictatio in adversis, probatio est veritatis.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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