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Est iter in sylvis, — — — as he that walks by moonshine in a wood, they groped in the dark; they had a gross knowledge, as he in Euripides, O Deus quicquid es, sive coelum, sive terra, sive aliud quid, and that of Aristotle, Ens entium miserere mei.
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And therefore Aristotle doth wisely place rhetoric as between logic on the one side, and moral or civil knowledge on the other, as participating of both; for the proofs and demonstrations of logic are toward all men indifferent and the same, but the proofs and persuasions of rhetoric ought to differ according to the auditors: — “Orpheus in sylvis, inter delphinas Arion.”
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Ejusdem generis cum Menispermea: in sylvis Singfoensibus cum Wallichia: vide
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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"Walk there a good deal, traverse the woods in all directions; the forests will tell you more about your soul than books: 'Aliquid amplius invenies in sylvis quam in libris,' wrote Saint Bernard -- 'pray and your days will seem short.'"
En Route 1877
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“Neustria Pia” relates (p. 371), “Hæc rupes antiquitus Mons erat cinctus sylvis et saltibus,” “This rock was of old a mount surrounded by forests and meadows.”
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
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(Gramen aciculatum) Usus ejus fere nullus est, sed hic detegendum est taediosum ludibrium, quod quis habet, si quis per campos vel in sylvis procedat, ubi hoc gramen ad vias publicas crescit, quum praetereuntium vestibus, hoc semen quam maxime inhaeret.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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II.p. 163/ubi Delphinum in sylvis de rebus incredibilibus fere paroemiace post Archilochum ab auctoribus dici observatur.
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W. Habitat in sylvis insulae Mauritii. 2 | i. (v. s.)
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W. Hahitat in sylvis Jamaicae, Hispaniolae, Gua - deloupae et Gumanae.
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W. Habitat in sylvis umhrosis Jamaicae et Americae meridionalis ad Caracas et Garipe.
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