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The speech that suggested itself was said to be that which the Phantom of Cleonice dinned into the ears of the tyrant who murdered her: — “Tu cole justitiam; toque atque alios manet ultor.”
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But poets and papists may go together for fabulous tales; let them free their own credits: howsoever they feign of their Nemesis, and of their saints, or by the devil's means may be deluded; we find it true, that ultor a tergo Deus,
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God the avenger, as [6731] David terms him, ultor a tergo Deus, his wrath is apprehended of a guilty, soul, as by Saul and Judas, which the poets expressed by Adrastia, or Nemesis:
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'_Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor_!' or in German, '_Moge_, _wenn ich beseitigt werde_, _irgend ein Racher und Nachfolger aus meinen Gebeinen auferstehen_!'
Immortal Memories Clement King Shorter 1891
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Proinde quando dicitur in Scripturis Deus indurare, excoecare, et tradere in reprobum sensum, intelligendum id est, quod justo judicio Deus id faciat, tanquam judex et ultor justus.
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He also issued roubles with his portrait under the name of Czar Peter III., and sent out a circular note with the words, "Redevivus et ultor."
Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian Demetrios Vikelas 1871
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Cannarum vindex, et tanti sanguinis ultor, Annulus. —
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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* Cannarum vindex, et tanti sanguinis ultor, Annulus.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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But the impartial historian owes a duty likewise to obscure merit, and my solicitude to render a tardy justice is perhaps quickened by my having known those who, had their own field of labour been less secluded, might have found a readier acceptance with the reading publick, I could give an example, but I forbear: _forsitan nostris ex ossibus oritur ultor_.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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"Tu cole justitiam; toque atque alios manet ultor."
Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801
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