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Veteres Gorgonis fabulam confinxerunt, eximium formae decus stupidos reddens.
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Oppressus paupertate animus nihil eximium, aut sublime cogitare potest, amoenitates literarum, aut elegantiam, quoniam nihil praesidii in his ad vitae commodum videt, primo negligere, mox odisse incipit.
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§ 17, 'Respondit Cornelius Tacitus eloquentissime, et quod eximium orationi eius inest, σεμνῶς.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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The first edition was issued about 1464-76; the edition published at Nuremberg in 1485 begins thus: "Incipit prohemium Fortalitii Fidei conscriptum per quendam Doctorem eximium ordinis minorum anno MCCCCLIX in partibus occidentis."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Johannis in Gravia per venerabilem patrem Sacrae scripturae interpretem eximium Ol. Maillardum, 1511.
The Well of Saint Clare Anatole France 1884
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[Footnote 512: 'Primum, quod inter nationes eximium est, Gothorum nobilissima stirpe gloriatur.'] [Footnote 513: 'Statim rudes annos ad sacri cubiculi secreta portavit.'] 'In the dawn of manhood he went forth with our army to the war of
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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Federigo's personality: 'Admirabitur in te divinam illam corporis proceritatem, membrorum robur eximium, venerandam oris dignitatem, ætatis maturam gravitatem, divinam quandam majestatem cum humanitate conjunctam, totum præterea talem qualem esse oportebat eum principem quem nuper pontifex maximus et universus senatus omnium rerum suarum et totius ecclesiastici imperii ducem moderatoremque constituit.'
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866
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Scandere te faciunt hoc decus eximium: 'which if ye will turne backward, they make two other good verses, but of a contrary sence, thus:
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Hic certe gaudebat, quod iis potissimum in locis, quos ex omnibus dilexit plurimum, fortunarum suarum sedem collocaret; nec minus gaudebant illae, eximium hunc virum, quem altera puerum fovisset, altera aluisset adolescentem, utrisque dehinc ornamento fore et praesidio.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823
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Habetur haec planta apud Javanos in deliciis et magno studio colitur; tum ob floris eximium odorem, quem spirat, moschi, tum ob singularem elegantiam et figuram scorpionis, quam exhibet ... spectaculo sane jocundissimo, ut negem quicquam elegantius et admiratione dignius in regno vegetabili me vidisse ...
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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