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• “The members of these associations were united by certain laws, which conferred peculiar privileges, called jura gentium; of these the most remarkable were, the succession to the property of every member who died without kin and intestate, and the obligation imposed on all to assist their indigent fellows under any extraordinary burthen. [”

  Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome $b to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. $c By Wm. C. Taylor.

• “On watching someone die (ROT13'd for possible TMI): Ng yrnfg jura fbzrbar'f orra fvpx sbe zbaguf naq haerfcbafvir sbe ubhef, gur bayl creprcgvoyr qvssrerapr (gb zr) orgjrra n crefba nobhg gb qvr naq bar jub'f whfg qvrq vf gung gur qrnq crefba vf pbzcyrgryl zbgvbayrff naq erznvaf fb.”

  Making Light: Open thread 136

• “Que jura el profeta, canta el poeta, y estan gritando en la maqueta”

  "I feel your pain. And have you ever seen The Wizard of Oz?"

• “Pontifex Romanus prorsus inermis regibus terrae jura dat, ad regna evehit ad pacem cogit, et peccantes castigat, &c. quod imperatores Romani 40. legionibus armati non effecerunt.”

  Anatomy of Melancholy

• “A minha rapariga jura a pés juntos que isto é um dragão-fêmea.”

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• “And each time he received it, on those marvelg ynfg, jura ur pbhyq fgnaq vg ab ybatr, ur jbhyq rry onpx n gval ovg bs gur cncre jenccvat ng bar pbeare gb rkcbfr n gval ovg bs pubpbyngr, naq gura ur jbhyq gnxr n gval avooyr-whfg rabhtu gb nyybj gur ybiryl fjrrg gnfgr gb fcernq bhg fybjyl bire uvf gbathr.”

  Cats, candy, and evolution - The Panda's Thumb

• “State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere We dare defend our rights”

  Simon & Schuster: Suddenly Southern

• “So we see the heathen poets, when they fall upon a libertine passion, do still expostulate with laws and moralities, as if they were opposite and malignant to nature: Et quod natura remittit, invida jura negant.”

  The Advancement of Learning

• “Ligitando jura crescunt; litigando jus acquiritur.”

  Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

• “He was likewise in these pacificatory negotiations so active and vigilant — for, Vigilantibus jura subveniunt. ex l.pupillus. ff. quae in fraud.cred. et ibid. l.”

  Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

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