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Isti quoque regno iungitur in occidente versus partes nostras regnum Commanorum, quod et similiter longum est, et latum, sed in paucis sui locis inhabitatum: Nam in quibusdam est frigus nimium, in alijs nimius calor, et in nonnullis nimia muscarum multitudo.
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Isti quoque regno iungitur in occidente versus partes nostras regnum Commanorum, quod et similiter longum est, et latum, sed in paucis sui locis inhabitatum: Nam in quibusdam est frigus nimium, in alijs nimius calor, et in nonnullis nimia muscarum multitudo.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Parcissime ea veteres usi etiam in vocalibus, cum _oedus vicos_que dicebant, diu deinde servatum ne consonantibus aspirarent, ut in _Graecis_ et in _triumpis_; erupit brevi tempore nimius usus, ut
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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_Duo autem genera maximè cavenda pueris puto: unum, ne quis eos antiquitatis nimius admirator in Gracchorum, Catonisque, et aliorum similium lectione durescere velit.
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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Eugepae, Thalem talento non emam Milesium, nam ad sapientiam huius [8] nimius nugator fuit. ut facete orationem ad servitutem contulit.
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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We are in a constitution of things wherein "_modo sol nimius, modo corripit imber_."
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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As for example first in phrases, _nimius et animus_ be two vsed wordes, yet _homo nimius animi_, is an vnused phrase.
The Schoolmaster Roger Ascham 1541
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At nec insano nimius Lyaeo Audeas sacram violare sedem, 30
Musæ etonenses: [Herbert, William, dean of Manchester], 1778-1847, [from old catalog] ed 1795
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A Complete Collection of the Medical and Philosophical Works of John Fothergill 1781
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Habet etiam hoc magnum nialum, ac vehementer cxecrandum, & horrendum nimius amor vitae iftius, quod mulci, dum volunt paulo diutius vivcre, graviter ofFendunt Deum, apud quera cft fons vitae.
Theologia dogmatico-moralis secundum ordinem catechismi Concilii Tridentini 1768
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