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I fink sommar will end tis week, nd gloriosus fall will come in!
Napattack - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, Te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus, Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Te Deum...I do like this picture! Catholic Mom of 10 2009
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Pindarus the poet feigns some god saying, Silete homines, non enim miser est, &c. be quiet good folks, this young man is not so miserable as you think; he is neither gone to Styx nor Acheron, sed gloriosus et senii expers heros, he lives for ever in the
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TE gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, TE Prophetarum laudabilis numerus:
The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson
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_Capitan_, who probably originated in the _Miles gloriosus_ of Plautus;
A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent
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Et laudabilis, et gloriosus, et superexaltatus in saecula.
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Mr. NAMBY, as the Irishman, _Miles_, first-rate; quite _Miles gloriosus_.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 5, 1892 Various
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'Colax Menandrist: in east parasitus colax et miles gloriosus: eas se non negat personas transtulisse in Eunuchum suam ex Graeca: sed eas ab aliis factas prius
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Tenet se trans Tyberim in hortis, in quibus latissimum solum porticibus immensis, ripam statuis suis occupavit; ut est, in summâ avaritia sumptuosus, in summâ infamiâ gloriosus.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Roister smacks of the "miles gloriosus"; Merygreeke combines the vice with the Terentian rogue; and yet, when all is said, Udall's play remains a remarkably original production, realistic and English.
John Lyly John Dover Wilson 1925
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