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Sacrorum contemptor, templi foribus effractis, dum D. Johannis argenteum simulacrum rapere contendit, simulacrum aversa facie dorsum ei versat, nec mora sacrilegus mentis inops, atque in semet insaniens in proprios artus desaevit.
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Valckenaer observes, that this is an expression meaning _facie aversa_, and compares l. 465 of the
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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Verum hanc libentiam seu voluntatem faciendi non potest suis viribus omittere, coercere aut mutare, sed pergit volendo et lubendo; etiamsi ad extra cogatur aliud facere per vim, tamen voluntas intus manet aversa et indignatur cogenti aut resistenti.
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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Turnus, before he rushes forth to meet his death at Aeneas 'hand, and knowing that he is to meet it, asks the Manes to be good to him, "quoniam superis aversa voluntas," for --
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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CASSIA (platypoda), glabra, foliis unijugis; foliolis linearibus apiculo recurvo duplo angustioribus rachi aversa lanceolato-lineari.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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"Nec tam aversa unquam videbitur ab opere suo providentia, ut debilitas inter optima inventa sit."
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 14 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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"Nec tam aversa unquam videbitur ab opere suo providentia, ut debilitas inter optima inventa sit."
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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Venus of the honest German is styled aversa by the more polite
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Incipit hoc anno in numorum antica tituluj OPTIMO, ct desinit in horum aversa tituius OPTIMO.
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An perinde habendum, quaecun - que demum antica cum aversa sociatur?
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