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  • Christi annis solaribus 612. in die Iouis feria quinta Hebdomadæ promulgauit præfatum detestandæ legis suæ librum, plenum perfidiæ et erroris, et à subditis tempore vitæ suæ seruari coegit, qui et vsque hodie in tanto æuo, et tot populis non sine iusto Dei iudicio colitur et seruatur, quamuis miserabile, et miserandum videtur, quod tot animæ in illo perduntur.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Christi annis solaribus 612. in die Iouis feria quinta Hebdomad� promulgauit pr鎓atum detestand� legis su� librum, plenum perfidi� et erroris, et � subditis tempore vit� su� seruari coegit, qui et vsque hodie in tanto 鎢o, et tot populis non sine iusto Dei iudicio colitur et seruatur, quamuis miserabile, et miserandum videtur, quod tot anim� in illo perduntur.

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

  • Ac primo, obscura nocte, postquam haud procul inter se erant, strepitu, velut hostes adventarent, [295] alteri apud alteros formidinem simul et tumultum facere, et paene imprudentia admissum [296] facinus miserabile, ni utrimque praemissi equites rem exploravissent.

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

  • Calling him an old blower and bloat, a gas-bag and _fanfaron_, a Gascon and a _carajo_, _alma miserabile_, and a pudding-head, a _sacre menteur_ and a _verfluchte prahlerische Hauptesel_, a brassy old blunder-head and

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • Nulla dies adeo est australibus umida nimbis non intermissis ut fluat imber aquis, nec sterilis locus ullus ita est ut non sit in illo mixta fere duris utilis herba rubis; nil adeo Fortuna grauis miserabile fecit 5 ut minuant nulla gaudia parte malum. ecce domo patriaque carens oculisque meorum, naufragus in Getici litoris actus aquas, qua tamen inueni uultum diffundere causam possim fortunae nec meminisse meae.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Troia uirum et uirtutum omnium acerba cinis quaene etiam nostro letum miserabile fratri

    The Friendship of Allius 1912

  • [99] As instances we give -- _multo maxime miserabile_ (Cat. 36), _incultus, ûs_ (54), _neglegisset_ (Jug. 40), _discordiscus_ (66), &c.

    The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

  • [187] In an extremely deplorable condition -- _Multo maxime miserabile_.

    Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War 86 BC-34? BC Sallust 1844

  • ` ` He has been a candidate for our _remedium miserabile, _ '' said

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • "He has been a candidate for our _remedium miserabile, _" said Mr. Hardie,

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

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