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The word "hospes," applied to the new convert, was happy, and the
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Thomas Moore 1815
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"Host" would seem benign, since it derives from the Old French hoste, which came from the Latin hospes, meaning host or guest.
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"Host" would seem benign, since it derives from the Old French hoste, which came from the Latin hospes, meaning host or guest.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Warren Clements 2010
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"Host" would seem benign, since it derives from the Old French hoste, which came from the Latin hospes, meaning host or guest.
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The root of the word is the Latin hospes (host), also the root for hotel, hostel and hospital.
Wendy Braitman: How I Grabbed the Best Bedroom in the Guest House 2009
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Consolator optime, Greatest comforter, dulcis hospes animae, sweet guest of the soul, dulce refrigerium. sweet consolation.
Pentecost Novena elena maria vidal 2009
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Consolator optime, Greatest comforter, dulcis hospes animae, sweet guest of the soul, dulce refrigerium. sweet consolation.
Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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Pontanus, Antonio Dial, brings in some laughing at an old man, that by reason of his age was a little fond, but as he admonisheth there, Ne mireris mi hospes de hoc sene, marvel not at him only, for tota haec civitas delirium, all our town dotes in like sort, [215] we are a company of fools.
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Peregrini sunt imbres in terra et fluvii in mari Jupiter apud Aegyptos, sol apud omnes; hospes anima in corpore, luscinia in aere, hirundo in domo, Ganymedes coelo, &c. 3861.
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At mihi cum longum post tempus venerat hospes Sive operum vacuo, longum conviva per imbrem Vicinus, bene erat non piscibus urbe petitis, Sed pullo atque hasdo, tum * pensilis uva secundas Et nux ornabat mensas, cum duplice ficu.
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