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Palladian - I thought about getting the bumper sticker that says "Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades."
Annoying and pretentious terms. Ann Althouse 2008
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Ita demum constituit, & eis concessit bonus rex Edouardus propinquus noster (qui fuit optimus filius pacis) per commune consilium totius regni.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et habitabis in terra Gosen, et eris propinquus mihi, tu et filii tui, et filii filorum tuorum, et pecudes tuae, et boves tui, et omnia quae sunt tibi.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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[96] This inserted clause belongs to the following _propinquus_.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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'_Nouum crimen_, C. C.esar, et ante hunc diem non auditum propinquus meus ad te Q. Tubero detulit'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Latin Vulgate propinquus or proximus; in the English version it is translated by "kinsman".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Erant et etiam isti modi interim fastidiosi, quod si in aliquo calculo astroloico error contigisset, calculatorem operationem suam a capite incipere oportebat, dato quod error suus adhuc satis propinquus existeret; et hoc propter figuras in sua operatione deletas.
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902
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Ita demum constituit, & eis concessit bonus rex Edouardus propinquus noster (qui fuit optimus filius pacis) per commune consilium totius regni.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades. (
happychelsea Diary Entry happychelsea 2003
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qua patet aeterni maxima porta poli. nec tamen aestiuos hiemisue propinquus ad ortus
The Phoenix 1912
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