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Foeminarum autem mos est nobilis si habeant paruos pedes, vnde et generosarum in cunis strictissimè simè obuoluuntur, vt vix ad medium debitæ quantitatis excrescere possint.
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Foeminarum autem mos est nobilis si habeant paruos pedes, vnde et generosarum in cunis strictissim� sim� obuoluuntur, vt vix ad medium debit� quantitatis excrescere possint.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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* [538] Ab ipsis ferè religionis nostræ cunis et primordiis.
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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“Abstract” conveys a widely different idea from apospasmata, — Ed. [7] “Ab ipsis ferè religionis nostræ cunis et primordiis.”
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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* Si quis Deus mihi largiatur, ut repuerascam et in cunis vagiam, valde recusem: [37] 1
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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[184] Si quis Deus mihi largiatur, ut repuerascam et in cunis vagiam, valde recusem.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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"Si quis Deus mihi largiatur ut ea hâc ætate repuerescam, et in cunis vagiam, _valde recusem_."
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In the Latin, the phrase _e cunis_ does not express _from your cradle upwards_.
Note Book of an English Opium-Eater Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Quod si quis Deus mihi largiatur, ut ex hac aetate repuerescam, et in cunis vagiam, valde recusem.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 04. 1630-1694 1820
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* Quod si quis Deus mihi largiatur, ut ex hac aetate repuerescam, et in cunis vagiam, valde recusem.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 04. 1630-1694 1820
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