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  • He shows Firmus, that in abstaining from meat and strong liquors, we preserve the health of the soul and body; that we live longer, and more innocently.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Firmus, who, it is said, turned Christian, to have the liberty of eating meat and drinking wine.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • The Fountain/Delve/Querious region is strongly held by Band of Brothers & Pets as it has been for years, although some progress in the south has been made by IAAAC towards evicting the 'BOB pet' Firmus Ixion from Querious.

    NBSI and the grey problem 2007

  • Firmus Ixion, for example, built a mythology of endurance, of sheer refusal to quit, of being outnumbered by ratios of 3 to 1 or more and simply refusing to give an inch without extracting a disproportionate price.

    PvP, asymmetry, and the information game in Eve-Online 2007

  • To this discourse of Firmus, Senecio replied: Sir, your last similitude contradicts your first, and you have unwittingly opened the world (instead of the door, as the proverb goes) against yourself.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • To this discourse of Firmus, Senecio replied: Sir, your last similitude contradicts your first, and you have unwittingly opened the world (instead of the door, as the proverb goes) against yourself.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • Alexander deriding the question as slight and impertinent, my relation Firmus said:.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • Alexander deriding the question as slight and impertinent, my relation Firmus said:.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • The Counterpoint is any part other than the Cantus Firmus.

    A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons Friedrich Johann Lehmann

  • The Cantus Firmus is a given melodic phrase that is to receive contrapuntal treatment, that is, one or more parts are to be added above or below it.

    A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons Friedrich Johann Lehmann

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