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So that it is no marvel though the soul so placed enjoy no rest, if that principle be true, that Motus rerum est rapidus extra locum, placidus in loco.
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Let us emulate his calm, enjoy his enjoyment as he sprawls before us -- pinguis, iners, placidus -- in the pale twilight.
Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914
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Superintendent Wagner only gave expression to the world's real conviction when he wrote of him: "_Vir placidus, candidus, pius et doctus. _"
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology 1868
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Rogamus, Deus, tuam maiestatem: auribus sacris gemitus exaudi: crimina nostra placidus indulge.
Catholic Fire Jean M. Heimann 2010
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So that it is no marvel though the soul so placed enjoy no rest, if that principle be true, that Motus rerum est rapidus extra locum, placidus in loco.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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Et quanto cx - crcvit, inter horaines placidus con - verfarus, tanto magis profecit mori - bus, gratiS, fcientil, & honorc.
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* lus nec ipfi quod vacet periculo? ue ipfa pungitt fed ftatim quoque interit lanta morbi fuppetant tibi pharmaca» ijor iftis omnibus lex eft Dei: quem ferire non finit » qui te ferit • ibi nec ira corripi in quemquam licet bina carpes commoda, liaecque ma-zmYstt« xima; fruStm. ue ipfe legis optimus cuftos eris » iumque reddes placidus liuuc & difci - puium» oftct dantemi quod ferat palmam» manus.
Analysis operum S.S. patrum et scriptorum ecclesiasticorum 1790
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