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"Intus" means "into" or "within," just as well as "in," as may be seen from numerous instances in Cicero, Caesar, Ovid, Plautus, and other writers of inferior reputation in prose and poetry.
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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Intus Maurocano, Fessano ac Tremiseno regnis confine est regnum
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Intus utique mihi, intus in domicilio cogitationis, nec Hebraea, nec
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Intus si recte ne labora -- you remember the old school motto.
Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Herbert Strang
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"Intus si recte ne labora," which being the school motto (dragged in by the hair of the head, so to speak), pleased Mr. Lloyd, the master, mightily.
Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow Herbert Strang
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Metaphor was not allowed in the motto: a device faulty in this respect, represented a ball of crystal, the motto, from Plautus, _Intus et in cute_ (The same within and without); crystal being devoid of skin (_cutis_), the expression was metaphorical.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 Various 1841
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I. 167, "Intus aquæ dulces, vivoque sedilia saxo."
Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1840
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Riches do so fill the covetous man's heart, and the cares of the world so possess his mind, that he hath no room left in his soul for any other guests: Intus existens prohibet alienum, "that which is full already can receive no more."
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 05. 1630-1694 1820
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That the task which he undertook in offering to show himself -- as Persius puts it -- 'Intus et in cute', to posterity, exceeded his powers, is a trite criticism; like all human enterprises, his purpose was only imperfectly fulfilled; but this circumstance in no way lessens the attractive qualities of his book, not only for the student of history or psychology, but for the intelligent man of the world.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 01 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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That the task which he undertook in offering to show himself -- as Persius puts it -- 'Intus et in cute', to posterity, exceeded his powers, is a trite criticism; like all human enterprises, his purpose was only imperfectly fulfilled; but this circumstance in no way lessens the attractive qualities of his book, not only for the student of history or psychology, but for the intelligent man of the world.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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