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[3499] Magninus holds, a merry companion is better than any music, and as the saying is, comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo, as a wagon to him that is wearied on the way.
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Non cibus talibus laetus, non potus potest esse jucundus; suspiratur semper et gemitur, et doletur dies et noctes, pectus sine intermissione laceratur.
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_Et VIBIUS CRISPUS, compositus, et jucundus, et delectationi natus; privatis tamen causis, quam publicis, melior.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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The old saying of “Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est,” was especially applicable to him.
What I Remember Trollope, Thomas A 1887
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Hence the expression טוב has also the signification of kalos, gratus, jucundus, suavis; we attribute this quality to an object as bearing upon ourselves in so far as it harmonizes with and reflects our own peculiarities, — in so far as we feel an affinity for it and are enriched and furthered by it in our life-sphere and activity.
Christian Ethics. Volume II.���Pure Ethics. 1819-1870 1873
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Apronii teterrimus oris et corporis, quem, ut aiunt, ne bestiae quidem ferre possent, uni isti suavis et jucundus videretur.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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Mathematicis, Theologis utilis et jucundus_ (Antwerp, 1631) and _Vesta sive
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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Qui intemerata in ecclesiam fide, et virtutibus intaminatis enituit; necnon ingenii lepore bonis artibus expoliti, ac animo erga omnes benevolo, sibi suisque jucundus vixit.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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is thought to be a great entertainment; and therefore the old country clerks have framed this saying in that behalf, I mean upon the entertainment of townsmen and Londoners after the days of their abode, in this manner: Primus jucundus, tollerabilis estque secundus,
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In the copy of Boswell's Letter to the People of Scotland in the British Museum is entered in Boswell's own hand ” 'Comes jucundus in via pro vehiculo est.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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