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  • [3492] Plato for this reason forbids music and wine to all young men, because they are most part amorous, ne ignis addatur igni, lest one fire increase another.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Deum muscae et vermes irrident, quum ipsum polluunt et devorant, subditus est igni, aquae, et latrones furantur, pixidem auream humi prosternunt, et se tamen non defendit hic Deus.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Hic cum domi suæ, à 100. viris coniuratis ob cædem à filio ipsius, ipso tamen inscio, patratam cingeretur, et inimicis domum vndique igni succendentibus, sibi videret supremum fatum instare, ait tandem.

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

  • Nec vlli sunt huius spectaculi apud nos testes: Nec deníque ibidem coruos aut aquilas nidificare probabile est, quæ, igni & fumo semper inimicissimo, potius à focis vel incendijs arceantur.

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

  • Hic cum domi su�, � 100. viris coniuratis ob c鎑em � filio ipsius, ipso tamen inscio, patratam cingeretur, et inimicis domum vndique igni succendentibus, sibi videret supremum fatum instare, ait tandem.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Nec vlli sunt huius spectaculi apud nos testes: Nec den韖ue ibidem coruos aut aquilas nidificare probabile est, qu�, igni & fumo semper inimicissimo, potius � focis vel incendijs arceantur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • “Limus ut hic durescit, et haec ut cera liquescit, Uno eodemque igni.”

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • Qu� vero occidunt ad manducandum, nullum os ex eis confringunt, sed igni comburunt.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Lucretius asks the same question: — "Quod si Juppiter atque alii fulgentia divi terrifico quatiunt sonitu cælestia templa et jaciunt ignem quo qoiquest cumque voluptas, cur quibus incautum scelus aversabile cumquest non faciunt icti flammas ut fulguris halent pectore perfixo, documen mortalibus acre, et potius nulla sibi turpi conscius in re volvitur in flammis innoxius inque peditur turbine cælesti subito correptus et igni? cur etiam loca sola petunt frustraque laborant?"

    Lunheng 1962

  • Vineae cum ingenti periculo frustra agebantur; nam quum eae paulo processerant, igni aut lapidibus corrumpebantur, milites neque pro opere consistere propter iniquitatem loci, neque inter vineas sine periculo administrare; [505] optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari, ceteris metus augeri.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

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