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Tully, when he was to drive out Catiline, as it were with a thunderbolt of eloquence, often used that figure of repetition, _Vivit?
English literary criticism Various
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Vivit, vivetque per omnium sæculorum memoriam; omnisque posteritas illius in te scripta mirabitur, tuum in eum factum execrabitur.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Vivit; immo in Senatum venit_, &c. Indeed, inflamed with a well-grounded rage, he would have his words (as it were) double out of his mouth: and so do that artificially, which we see men do in choler naturally.
English literary criticism Various
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[57] Vivit, vivetque per omnium sæculorum memoriam.
An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition George Sharswood
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Tully, when he was to drive out Catiline as it were with a thunderbolt of eloquence, often used that figure of repetition, as Vivit.
The Defense of Poesy 1909
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Luther was once found, at a moment of peril and fear, when he had need to grasp unseen strength, sitting in an abstracted mood, tracing on the table with his finger the words '_Vivit_!
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Vivit enim, vivetque semper, atque etiam latius in memoria hominum et sermone versabitur, postquam ab oculis recessit.
Spare Hours John Brown 1846
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"Vivit, enim, vivetque semper; atque etiam latius in memoria hominum et sermone versabitur, postquam ab oculis recessit."
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 Daniel Webster 1817
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_Vivit adhuc patriae pietas_; _stimulatque sepultum_
Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society Robert Southey 1808
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Vivit enim, vivetque semper, atque etiam latius in memoria hominum et sermone versabitur, postquam ab oculis recessit.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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