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I say further with him yet, I have inserted ([4459] levicula quaedam et ridicula ascribere non sum gravatus, circumforanea quaedam e theatris, e plateis, etiam e popinis) some things more homely, light, or comical, litans gratiis, &c. which
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Asinariam volt esse, si per vos licet. inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia, ridicula res est. date benigne operam mihi, ut vos, ut alias, pariter nunc Mars adiuvet.
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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We may note on the other hand that a rubric in the official "Rituale Romanum" enjoins that the priest ought to see that unbecoming or ridiculous names of deities or of godless pagans are not given in baptism (curet ne obscoena, fabulosa aut ridicula vel inanium deorum vel impiorum ethnicorum hominum nomina imponantur).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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* Scio somnia ridicula et visiones ineptas quibusdam videri: [1739] 1
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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Quantae enim aliae gentium series post Phrygas? verum recogitate, ne quos tertium genus dicitis principem locum obtineant, siquidem non ulla gens non Christiana. itaque quaecunque gens prima, nihilominus Christiana. ridicula dementia novissimos diciti et tertios nominatis. sed de superstitione tertium genus deputamur, non de natione, ut sint Romani, Judaei, dehinc Christiani. ubi autem Graeci? vel si in
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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De Woden et Frea quaedam ridicula fabula; but can't help for the life of him telling it, apologizing all the time.
Roman and the Teuton Charles Kingsley 1847
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Khruschevia ridicula after former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, and another scientist who so loved the Sex Pistols he named some ancient trilobite species after Sid
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Khruschevia ridicula after former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, and another scientist who so loved the Sex Pistols he named some ancient trilobite species after Sid
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Sicut enim dici solet de calumnia, audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret; sic dici potest de jactantia, (nisi plane deformis fuerit et ridicula), audacter te vendita, semper aliquid haeret.
Counsels and Maxims 1518
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Corculi perifpermo deftituti ridicula reda, lobi bafi reflexi.
Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu ... Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita : juxta methodum in horto regio Parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV Barrois, Théophile, printer 1789
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