sordet

* [3141] Hoc tanto et ram ineffabili bono, nemo inventus est dignus; sordet natura sine gratia.

Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965

* [6765] Hoc tanto et ram ineffabili bono, nemo inventus est dignus; sordet natura sine gratia.

Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965

“Hoc tanto et ram ineffabili bono, nemo inventus est dignus; sordet natura sine gratia.” —

Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965

Louis, like St. Ignatius, would often stray to a shady corner of the garden, and there, with eyes fixed on the blue vault of heaven, he would sigh: "Oh! quam sordet tellus dum coelum aspicio" -- "How vile is earth whilst I look on heaven!"

Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius

Scilicet hic illi meditantur pondera mores; hic premitur fecunda quies uirtusque serena fronte grauis sanusque nitor luxuque carentes deliciae, quas ipse suis digressus Athenis mallet deserto senior Gargettius horto; 95 haec per et Aegaeas hiemes Hyadumque niuosum sidus et Oleniis dignum petiisse sub astris, si Maleae credenda ratis Siculosque per aestus sit uia: cur oculis sordet uicina uoluptas? hic tua Tiburtes Faunos chelys et iuuat ipsum100

A Villa at Tibur 1912

Digna deae sedes, nitidis nec sordet ab astris. hic Libycus Phrygiusque silex, hic dura Laconum saxa uirent; hic flexus onyx et concolor alto uena mari, rupesque nitent quis purpura saepe150

The Marriage of Stella and Violentilla 1912

Proprio laus sordet in ore -- Self-praise defiles the mouth.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

-- A puppet-play must be shadowed and seen in the dark; for draw the curtain, et sordet gesticulatio. {24b}

Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems Ben Jonson 1605

Ca. _ buz'd me in the eare, that though _Ben_ had barreld up a great deal of knowledg, yet it seems he had not read the _Ethiques_, which among other precepts of morality forbid self-commendation, declaring it to be an ill favourd solecism in good manners; It made me think upon the Lady (not very young) who having a good while given her guests neat entertainment, a capon being brought upon the table, instead of a spoon she took a mouthfull of claret and spouted it into the poope of the hollow bird; such an accident happend in this entertainment you know -- _Proprio laus sordet in ore; be a mans breath never so sweet, yet it makes ones prayses stink, if he makes his owne mouth the conduit pipe of it_; But for my part I am content to dispense with this _Roman_ infirmity of _B. _ now that time hath snowed upon his pericranium.

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various