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Exchange; and Pecunia is money: so now Mrs. Marget will understand her part.
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Sever, who having lost all his money at play, and consecutively being very angry thereat — as you know, Pecunia est alter sanguis, ut ait Anto. de Burtio, in c. accedens.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Sever, who having lost all his money at play, and consecutively being very angry thereat — as you know, Pecunia est alter sanguis, ut ait Anto. de Burtio, in c. accedens.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He was in a little poky room one day, when he saw this carving “Multa Pecunia.”
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
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In 1605 he reprinted his _Lady Pecunia_, and this was his latest appearance as a man of letters.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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"_Pecunia non olet_," he said; "I have never yet smelt a clerical fifty lira note." ...
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_Pecunia non olet_; there used to be fusses about European loans in
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Art was then more his mistress than Pecunia, for on this occasion he never left his work, although more than one Baedeker was flying the red signal of largesse.
A Wanderer in Venice Harry [Illustrator] Morley 1903
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Fanum is a temple, but he means the Exchange; and Pecunia is money: so now Mrs. Marget will understand her part.
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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Petri judicium: Pecunia tua tecum sit in perditionem: quoniam donum Dei existimasti parari pecuniis.
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