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* [550] Quæ pepigi, et toto quæ sanguine prodigus emi.
A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity 1616-1683 1965
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If a person be a spendthrift (_prodigus_), he shall be prohibited from [administering his own] goods and he shall be under the guardianship (_curatio_) of [his] agnates.
The Twelve Tables Anonymous
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[9.16] "R. de Bury ... qui ipsum episcopatum et omnia sua beneficia prius habita per preces magnatum et ambitionis vitium adquisivit, et ideo toto tempore suo inopia laboravit et prodigus exstitit in expensis."
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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` ` Were he thoughtless or light-headed, or _rei su prodigus, _ '' said his instructor, ` ` I would know what to make of him.
The Antiquary 1845
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Norris being, as usual, "satis prodigus magnae animae," was out of humour at the refusal, and ascribed it to the Earl's persistent hostility to him and his family.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Norris being, as usual, "satis prodigus magnae animae," was out of humour at the refusal, and ascribed it to the Earl's persistent hostility to him and his family.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Norris being, as usual, "satis prodigus magnae animae," was out of humour at the refusal, and ascribed it to the Earl's persistent hostility to him and his family.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586c John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Norris being, as usual, "satis prodigus magnae animae," was out of humour at the refusal, and ascribed it to the Earl's persistent hostility to him and his family.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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In omnes quos humaniter excepit nec prodigus nec parcus hospes.
Robert Carter's obituaries and other records of his death, 1732 and later 1732
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_rei suae prodigus, _ "said his instructor," I would know what to make of him.
The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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