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Hubertus Walterus Sarisburiensis Episcopus, vir probus, ingenioque ac pietate clarus, inter pr鎐ipuos vnus eorum erat, qui post Richardum regem expugnandorum Saracenorum gratia in Syriam proficiscebantur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Masculine Adjectives occur only occasionally in this use; as, -- probus invidet nēminī, _the honest man envies nobody_.a. Usually vir, homō, or some similar word is employed; as, -- homō doctus, _a scholar_; vir Rōmānus, _a Roman_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Quod si extrinsecus accepto laetaretur, poterat hoc uel alius quispiam uel ipse etiam qui contulisset auferre; sed quoniam id sua cuique probitas confert, tum suo praemio carebit, cum probus esse desierit.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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M. Reybaud will remain, then, in my eyes, the vir probus dicendi peritus, the conscientious and skilful writer, who may easily be caught napping, but who never expresses anything that he does not see or feel.
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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[2070] Philo, _Quod omnis probus liber_; Pliny, _Historia
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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From the acquaintances of that gentleman I have learned the fact that he wields as much moral influence at home as any other unpretending private citizen, and that he has given more money to build churches and relieve the poor within the last ten years than any other one man on the continent, and that he is thoroughly in otio et negotio probus
A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling. 1862
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Alterum decens ille Virgilius, alterum Cicero, probus idem verique studiosus, suppeditat.
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. William Wilberforce 1796
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Nam probus quoque imprimus erit ille vere ingeniosus: alioquinon pejus duxerim tardi esse ingenii, quam mali.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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[2] Est vetus atque probus, centum qui perficit annos.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Samuel Johnson 1746
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Hubertus Walterus Sarisburiensis Episcopus, vir probus, ingenioque ac pietate clarus, inter præcipuos vnus eorum erat, qui post Richardum regem expugnandorum Saracenorum gratia in Syriam proficiscebantur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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