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[5080] Mi vox ista avida haurit ab aure animam: O sister Harpedona
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Terrebat eum natura mortalium avida imperii et praeceps ad explendam animi cupidinem, praeterea opportunitas suae liberorumque aetatis, [44] quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transversos agit; [45] ad hoc studia
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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In he goes, has a good long swim with her, and when he comes out, says, of his dripping ducks, 'tabula votiva ... avida vestimenta,' to remind an old schoolmate of his hopping to the booth at the end of a showery May day, and dedicating them to the laundry in these words.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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In he goes, has a good long swim with her, and when he comes out, says, of his dripping ducks, 'tabula votiva ... avida vestimenta,' to remind an old schoolmate of his hopping to the booth at the end of a showery May day, and dedicating them to the laundry in these words.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Cum fame canis avida in Tyrio littore projecta conchylia impressis mandibulis contudisset, illa naturaliter humorem sanguineum diffluentia ora ejus mirabili colore tinxerunt: et ut est mos hominibus occasiones repentinas ad artes ducere, talia exempla meditantes fecerunt principibus decus nobile. l.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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_Ex illa alimenta omnibus animalibus, omnibus satis, omnibus stellis dividuntur, hinc profertur quo sustineantur tot Sydera tam exercitata, tam avida, per diem, noctemque, ut in opere, ita in pastu.
The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet John Wilkins 1643
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Slide 54: Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors • Los carboxyl ACE inhibitors (benazepril, enalapril, lisinopril, moexipril, quinapril, ramipril, trandolapril) como grupo tiene un avida media más larga, haciéndolos efectivos en una sola o 2 dosis diarias.
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'tabula votiva ... avida vestimenta,' to remind an old schoolmate of his hopping to the booth at the end of a showery May day, and dedicating them to the laundry in these words.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868
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939 Terrebat eum natura mortalium avida imperii, et præceps ad explendam animi cupidinem: præterea opportunitas suæ liberorumque ætatis, quæ etiam mediocres viros spe prædæ transversos agit.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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"Multis incivilibus gestis Gallus Caesar .... vir natura ferox et ad tyrannidem pronior, si suo jure imperare licuisset."] [Footnote 16: Megaera quidem mortalis, inflammatrix saevientis assidua, humani cruoris avida, &c. Ammian.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765
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