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Walter Burleigh: De puritate artis logicae tractatus longior, with a Revised Edition of the Tractatus brevior, Philotheus Boehner (ed), The Franciscan Institute, St Bonaventure, NY, 1955.
The Traditional Square of Opposition Parsons, Terence 2006
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Twitter photos love-notes e-mail design hosted brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
natinski Diary Entry natinski 2004
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Tractus longior, with a Revised Edition of the Tractatus brevior, ed. by Ph. Boehner,
Walter Burley Conti, Alessandro 2004
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Fit brevis inque dies brevior (proh dedecus ingens!)
Sagittulae, Random Verses Edward Woodley Bowling
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Licet, prius tua opinione hic adero: bonum animum habe. nunc te, nox, quae me mansisti, mitto uti cedas die, ut mortalis inlucescat luce clara et candida. atque quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxuma, tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam, ut aeque disparet. sed dies e nocte accedat. ibo et Mercurium sequar.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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The Extensor carpi radialis brevis (Extensor carpi radialis brevior) is shorter and thicker than the preceding muscle, beneath which it is placed.
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DAVIER de BREVILLE, J.P. An a frequentiori potu café vita brevior?
All About Coffee 1909
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The extensor carpi radialis brevior tendon is divided in the incision.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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Perianthium inferius (exterius), bivalvis, neuter; valvula exterior septemnervis, exteriori glumae similis textura forma et longitudine; valvula interior (superior) angustior pauloque brevior, dinervis, nervis alatis marginibus veris latis induplicatis.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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MSS. 1817, cui foliola teretiuscula, et racemus corymbosus cum pedunculo suo folio brevior.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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