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For Ubi peccatum, ibi procella, as [834] Chrysostom well observes.
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Triticum non rapit ventus, nec arborem solida radice fundatam procella subvertit; Inanes paleæ tempestate jactantur, invalidæ arbores turbinis incursione evertuntur.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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Romana pubes, sedato tandem pavore, postquam ex tam turbido die serena, et tranquilla lux rediit, ubi vacuam sedem regiam vidit; etsi satis credebat Patribus, qui proximi steterant, sublimem raptum procella; tamen veluti orbitatis metu icta, maestum aliquamdiu silentium obtinuit.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Romana pubes, sedato tandem pavore, postquam ex tam turbido die serena, et tranquilla lux rediit, ubi vacuam sedem regiam vidit; etsi satis credebat Patribus, qui proximi steterant, sublimem raptum procella; tamen veluti orbitatis metu icta, maestum aliquamdiu silentium obtinuit.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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A. aspicis, ut uirides audito Caesare siluae conticeant? memini, quamuis urgente procella sic nemus immotis subito requiescere ramis, et dixi: deus hinc, certe deus expulit euros.
A Singing Match Calpurnius 1912
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_Si fugientem in solitudine ac montibus latro oppresserit, fera invaserit, fames aut sitis aut frigus afflixerit, vel per maria præcipiti navigatione properantem tempestas ac procella submerserit spectat militem suum Christus ubicunque pugnantem, et persecutionis causa pro nominis sui honore morienti præmium reddit quod daturum se in resurectione promisit.
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Detractor portat Diabolum in lingua T frangimur heu fatis inquit ferimurque procella
Bacon is Shake-Speare Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence 1875
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Indeed, in these noble heats he was all that we hue read of inspired prophet or heathen orator: Vehemens ut procella, excitatus ut torrens, incensus ut fulmen, tonabat, fulgurabat, et rapidis eloquentiae fiuctibus cuncta proruebat et perturbabat.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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It is pax in procella [peace in a storm], such peace that no worldly affliction can shake.
The Lord's Prayer 1692
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Mozart: Quel nocchier che in gran procella (Betulia liberata)
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