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For the prospect of an abundance of "filthy luere" they were willing to risk their lives in crossing plains, fraught with unknown dangers to the Black Hills, the land of gold.
Archive 2005-12-01 Trish Short Lewis 2005
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They call it “luere peccata;” that is, “delictorum supplicium ferre,” — “to bear the punishment of sins.”
A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity 1616-1683 1965
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Servius, [444] doubtless following him, explains such expressions as _peccata luere_, _supplicium luere_, on the same principle -- in the sense of payment, just as we speak of paying the penalty.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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We might thus be tempted to fancy that the root-idea of _lustrare_ is to perform a duty and so get rid of it, as we do in paying for anything we buy; but this would be to misapprehend the original meaning of the word as completely as Varro did when he explained _luere_ by reference to the payments of contractors.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Now, to bear sin is an Hebrew phrase for that which in Latin is luere peccatum, and in English to be punished for sin.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II. 1634-1716 1823
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Quum ergo moribundum adhuc necatum hi fcribant, forte vel veneno hebetem interimere fecurius vo - luere.
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Piianorum res in detcrius luere viderent» agere coepe-* runt
Ecclesiae Pisanae historia Antonio Felice Mattei 1772
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“And that was our way before the Revolution: Lucitur cum persona, qui luere non potest cum crumena.
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It seems to be a strong form of _luere_; and _luere_ is explained by Varro as equivalent to _solvere_. [
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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"And that was our way before the Revolution: Lucitur cum persona, qui luere non potest cum crumena.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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