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Quare rectius valedutini suae quisque consulet, qui lapsus priorum parentum memor, eas plane vel omiserit vel parce degustarit.
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If I err, you will set me right; si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti, etc.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Præterea etiam, Insulæ quæ ab ouium multitudine Færeyjar, seu rectius Faareyjar dictæ sunt, bidui nauigatione, vt & littora Noruagiæ deserta distant.
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Pr鎡erea etiam, Insul� qu� ab ouium multitudine F鎟eyjar, seu rectius Faareyjar dict� sunt, bidui nauigatione, vt & littora Noruagi� deserta distant.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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* Si quid novisti rectius istis,: [5802] 1 [5803] 2
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Quo mihi rectius videtur ingenii quam virium opibus gloriam quaerere; et quoniam vita ipsa, qua fruimur, brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxume longam efficere.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Quo mihi rectius videtur ingenii quam virium opibus gloriam quaerere; et quoniam vita ipsa, qua fruimur, brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxume longam efficere.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Quo mihi rectius videtur ingenii quam virium opibus gloriam quaerere et, quoniam vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est, memoriam nostri [7] quam maxime longam [8] efficere.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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= Similarly contrasted at _Met_ XV 62-64 'isque, licet caeli regione remotos,/_mente_ deos adiit et, quae natura negarat [_'Medic. rectius' (Heinsius) _: negabat _codd_]/uisibus humanis, _oculis_ ea _pectoris_ hausit '.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Tamen meo quidem animo aliquanto facias rectius, si nitidior sis filiai nuptus.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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