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Then we have the eugenics and other deep manipulations by the bene gesserit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Radical Islamism and Frank Herbert’s Dune: 2007
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Kitteh emperor of dune or reverend kitteh bene gesserit
The Spice must flow - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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'Scriberis Vario fortis et hostium victor Maeonii carminis aliti, quam rem cumque ferox navibus aut equis miles te duce gesserit.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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ATTRIBUTION: That after the said limitation shall take effect, judges commissions be made quando se bene gesserit.
Quotations Appendix. 1919
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That after the said limitation shall take effect, judges commissions be made quando se bene gesserit.
Quotations 1919
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That after the said limitation shall take effect, judges commissions be made quando se bene gesserit.
Quotations 1919
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He has furnished forth his countrymen with booty and land and fame, and fixed King Creon firm upon his Theban throne. me a portu praemisit domum, ut haec nuntiem uxori suae, ut gesserit rem publicam ductu imperio auspicio suo. ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam, cum illo advenero. si dixero mendacium, solens meo more fecero.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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He was nearly eighty, but wiry still, rather blind and somewhat deaf; but the post of clerk is one considered to be quite independent and irremovable, _quam diu se bene gesserit_, during good behaviour -- on a level with Her Majesty's judges for that matter.
The Parish Clerk 1892
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That after the said limitation shall take effect, ... judge's commissions be made _quando se bene gesserit_.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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He was also the supreme judge, the head of the executive, dispenser and fountain of law: but with no more power of making the law, of breaking the law, or of arbitrarily depriving a man of his property, than an English sovereign has now; and his power was quamdiu se bene gesserit, and no longer, as history proves in every page.
Roman and the Teuton Charles Kingsley 1847
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