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Piso, that when he answered him he fetched one of his brows up to his forehead, and bent the other down to his chin; Respondes, altero ad frontem sublato, altero ad mentum depresso supercilio, crudelitatem tibi non placere.
The Essays 2007
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Plus mentis paedagogico supercilio abstulit, quam unquam praeceptis suis sapientiae instillavit.
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“Dissimulare non possumus, hanc vel primam doctrinæ Christianæ partem (de justificatione) obscuratam magis quam illustratam a scholasticis, spinosis plerisque quæstionibus, et definitionibus, secundum quas nonnulli magno supercilio primam in omnibus autoritatem arrogantes,” etc.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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* [2258] magis quam illustratam a scholasticis, spinosis plerisque quæstionibus, et definitionibus, secundum quas nonnulli magno supercilio primam in omnibus autoritatem arrogantes
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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Some help themselves with countenance and gesture, and are wise by signs; as Cicero saith of Piso, that when he answered him, he fetched one of his brows up to his forehead, and bent the other down to his chin; Respondes, altero ad frontem sublato, altero ad mentum depresso supercilio, crudelitatem tibi non placere [You answer, with one eyebrow lifted to the forehead and the other lowered to the chin, that cruelty does not please you].
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adnue sidereo laeta supercilio. terrarum tu pande uias, tu mitibus Euris
Epistle to Serena Claudian 1912
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cuncta supercilio mouentis. est ut uiro uir latius ordinet arbusta sulcis, hic generosior10
High and Low, Rich and Poor Horace 1912
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multa supercilio non patienda tuo. per me decepto didicit custode Corinna
Tragedy and Love Elegy Ovid 1912
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Valentinian proud of knowledge] neque in coelo, neque in terra putat se esse, sed intra Pleroma introisse et complexum jam angelum suum, cum institorio et supercilio incedit gallinacei elationem habens ....
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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El.ii. v. 21, ran, ” 'Cum dolor atque supercilio gravis imminet angor, Fungeris angelico sola ministerio.'
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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