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  • Brachia, non hederae, neque vincant oscula conchae.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • ([Greek: monothyra] of Aristotle), such as those just mentioned, and the other [Greek: ostrea] of Aphrodite, the Nerites (periwinkles, etc.), the purple shell and the Echineïs were also real Veneriae conchae.

    The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

  • Sensus enim solus cunctis aliis cognitionibus destitutus immobilibus animantibus cessit quales sunt conchae maris quaeque alia saxis haerentia nutriuntur, imaginatio uero mobilibus beluis quibus iam inesse fugiendi appetendiue aliquis uidetur affectus, ratio uero humani tantum generis est sicut intellegentia sola diuini.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Cover parts of nasal cavity, superior nasal conchae, and a portion of the nasal septum

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows bholmes 2009

  • Slide 12: Nasal Conchae  Superior and middle nasal conchae  Part of the ethmoid bone  Inferior nasal conchae  Separate bone  Project medially from the lateral wall of the nasal cavity  Particulate matter  Deflected to mucus-coated surfaces Copyright © 2008

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • O curvae in terris animae et caelestium inanes, quid iuvat hoc, templis nostros immittere mores et bona dis ex hac scelerata ducere pulpa? haec sibi corrupto casiam dissolvit olivo et Calabrum coxit vitiato murice vellus, haec bacam conchae rasisse et stringere venas ferventis massae crudo de pulvere iussit. peccat et haec, peccat, vitio tamen utitur. at vos dicite, pontifices, in sancto quid facit aurum? nempe hoc quod Veneri donatae a virgine pupae. quin damus id superis, de magna quod dare lance non possit magni Messalae lippa propago? compositum ius fasque animo sanctosque recessus mentis et incoctum generoso pectus honesto: haec cedo ut admoveam templis et farre litabo.

    Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914

  • omnibus inter uos! non murmura uestra columbae, brachia non hederae, non uincant oscula conchae. ludite: sed uigilis nolite exstinguere lychnos: omnia nocte uident, nil cras meminere lucernae.

    Ludite Gallienus 1912

  • [156] [Footnote 152: See his life in the Augustan History.] [Footnote 153: There is still extant a very pretty Epithalamium, composed by Gallienus for the nuptials of his nephews: -- "Ite ait, O juvenes, pariter sudate medullis Omnibus, inter vos: non murmura vestra columbae, Brachia non hederae, non vincant oscula conchae."] [Footnote 154: He was on the point of giving Plotinus a ruined city of

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • Brachia non hederae, non vincant oscula conchae.] 154 He was on the point of giving Plotinus a ruined city of Campania to try the experiment of realizing Plato’s Republic.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

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