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(Ch. 5) Quin et legatis Armeniorum causam gentis apud Neronem orantibus escendere suggestum imperatoris et praesidere simul parabat, nisi ceteris pavore defixis Seneca admonuisset, venienti matri occurreret. '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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"Atqui," inquam, "nullo existimauerim modo ut fortuita temeritate tam certa moueantur, uerum operi suo conditorem praesidere deum scio nec umquam fuerit dies qui me ab hac sententiae ueritate depellat."
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Nonne, o terrena animalia, consideratis quibus qui praesidere uideamini?
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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For the Emperor, says Suetonius, _perraro praesidere, ceterum accubans, parvis primum foraminibus, deinde toto podio adaperto, spectare consuerat_.
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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