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  • Nolunt aperire molestiam quam patiuntur, sed conqueruntur tamen de capite, corde, mammis, &c. In puteos fere maniaci prosilire, ac strangulari cupiunt, nulla orationis suavitate ad spem salutis recuperandam erigi, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Illud te admoneo, ne eorum more facias, qui non proficere, sed conspici cupiunt, quae in habitu tuo, aut genere vitae notabilia sunt.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • For as Lipsius well discourseth out of the doctrine of the Stoics, maxime cupiunt adorationem hominum, now and of old, they still and most especially desire to be adored by men.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • O dulcissimi laquei, qui tam feliciter devinciunt, ut etiam a vinctis diligantur, qui a gratiis vincti sunt, cupiunt arctius deligari et in unum redigi.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Deo servire cupiunt per jejunium, quod maniaci efficiantur, ipse vidi saepe.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Qui breve hoc vitae curriculum cupiunt sani transigere, frigidis aquis saepe lavare debent, nulli aetati cum sit incongrua, calidis imprimis utilis.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Qui, inquit, naturam tanti incendij contemplari cupiunt, & ob id ad montem propius accedunt, eos vna aliqua vorago viuos absorbet &c. Qu� res, vt dixi, nostr� genti est ignota prorsus.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Qui, inquit, naturam tanti incendij contemplari cupiunt, & ob id ad montem propius accedunt, eos vna aliqua vorago viuos absorbet &c. Quæ res, vt dixi, nostræ genti est ignota prorsus.

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

  • _Methodus apodemica in eorum gratiam qui cum fructu in quocunq; tandem vitæ genere peregrinari cupiunt, a Theod.

    English Travellers of the Renaissance Clare Howard

  • Martial delighted to honour. omnes Sulpiciam legant puellae, uni quae cupiunt viro placere; omnes Sulpiciam legant mariti, uni qui cupiunt placere nuptae. non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, diri prandia nec refert Thyestae;

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

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