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Judex jocosus odiosus; but the type is, apparently, impervious to satire.
Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921
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Gregorius Magnus, noster Apostolus, planissime noster est, eoque nomine nostris adversariis odiosus; quem Calvini [65] rabies negat in schola sancti Spiritus educatum, propterea quod sacras imagines illitteratorum libros appellasset.
Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Edmund Campion 1560
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Lumbi sedendo, oculi spectando dolent, manendo medicum, dum se ex opere recipiat. odiosus tandem vix ab aegrotis venit. ait se obligasse crus fractum Aesculapio, utrum me dicam ducere medicum an fabrum. atque eccum incedit.
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