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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.
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Firmus, who, it is said, turned Christian, to have the liberty of eating meat and drinking wine.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Alexander deriding the question as slight and impertinent, my relation Firmus said:.
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Alexander deriding the question as slight and impertinent, my relation Firmus said:.
Symposiacs 2004
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The Counterpoint is any part other than the Cantus Firmus.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons Friedrich Johann Lehmann
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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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