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Ipsum quoque deum summum esse bonum plenamque beatitudinem disserebas; ex quo neminem beatum fore nisi qui pariter deus esset quasi munusculum dabas.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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An understanding should have been come to with her when she was so disposed, when Condé was all-powerful, when he could either have more readily abased or exalted the Crown: _Tum decuit cum sceptra dabas_.
Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) Sutherland Menzies 1861
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parvin dabas 1 month ago the creation of 'a beautiful mind'
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Noblest of all are the lines that close another apostrophe on the same subject a little later in the same book (638) -- maius ab hac acie quam quod sua saecula ferrent volnus habent populi; plus est quam vita salusque quod perit; in totum mundi prosternimur aevum, vincitur his gladiis omnis quae serviet aetas. proxima quid suboles aut quid meruere nepotes in regnum nasci? pavide num gessimus arma teximus aut iugulos? alieni poena timoris in nostra cervice sedet. post proelia natis si dominum, Fortuna, dabas, et bella dedisses.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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