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In hunc ergo ortum uirtutum floribus decoratum, pia Dei genitrix ad deliciandum libenter progressa, exstirpauit uiciorum germina, plantans uirtutum semina, rigando fecundauit interiora cordium, perfundendo ea profusiori ymbre graciarum, stillante indesinenter Dei munere super terram.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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When Shelley himself died in a boating accident near Viareggio in 1822, his body was cremated on the beach, but his ashes were interred in this cemetery and his grave was inscribed cor cordium or “heart of hearts.”
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That he could cubiculorum obductas foras recludere et secreta cordium penetrare, which [388] Cyprian desired, open doors and locks, shoot bolts, as Lucian's Gallus did with a feather of his tail: or Gyges 'invisible ring, or some rare perspective glass, or
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When Shelley himself died in a boating accident near Viareggio in 1822, his body was cremated on the beach, but his ashes were interred in this cemetery and his grave was inscribed cor cordium or “heart of hearts.”
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"_Cor cordium_" is the inscription placed upon Shelley's grave; and it is infinitely more appropriate for the Man of Nazareth.
Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking Henry Sloane Coffin 1915
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It was thus that the _cor cordium_ lost what no lyric passion, no triumphant exultation of success, could give to it again.
Prose Fancies Richard Le Gallienne 1906
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He called plants and animals his dear sisters and brothers, and the words which his wife inscribed upon his tombstone in Rome, "cor cordium," are true of his relation to Nature also. '
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893
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Porro de iis, qui externe fidem profitentur, et vitam emendant, optime secundum exemplum apostolorum judicandum et loquendum est, penetralia enim cordium nobis sunt incomperta.
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Sapientissimus, justissimus, et gratiosissimus idem Deus, saepenumero filios suos tentationibus multifariis, suorumque cordium corruptioni ad tempus permittit; quo ob admissa prius peccata castiget eos, vel corruptionis iis detegat vim occultam, cordiumque suorum fraudulentiam ut humilientur;: [11221] 1
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The ashes were entombed in the Protestant cemetery at Rome, with the epitaph, _Cor cordium_.
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