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'Tis the common doom of all writers, I must (I say) abide it; I seek not applause; [130] Non ego ventosa venor suffragia plebis; again, non sum adeo informis, I would not be [131] vilified:
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It is worthy of notice also that just at the close of this chapter, Gilbert mentions a swelling called "testudo," a gland-like, gaseous (_ventosa_) tumor, usually solitary and found in "nervous" localities, like the joints of the wrist and hand.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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Avignon is very much exposed to different winds, especially the Mistral, yet perhaps they are necessary, for, according to the adage, “Avenio ventosa, cum vento fastidiosa, sine vento venenosa,” the odours from the drains in some of the streets being very offensive.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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The popular proverb is, however, somewhat exaggerated, _Avenio ventosa, sine vento venenosa, cum vento fastidiosa_ (windy Avignon, pest-ridden when there is no wind, wind-pestered when there is).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Nuper ventosa isthæc et enormis loquacitas Athenas ex Asia commigravit, animosque juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit; simulque corruptæ eloquentiæ regula stetit et obtinuit.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Nuper ventosa isthæc et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.
Every Man His Own Poet Or, The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book 1886
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Most frequently _spina ventosa_ is found; the same consists of a gradual, painless swelling of the diseased bones, most frequently on the fingers and toes, so that they become bottle-shaped.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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Garter of England, worn by the Dukes Federigo and Guidobaldo: the ermine of Naples: the _ventosa_, or cupping-glass, adopted for a private badge by Frederick: the golden oak-tree on an azure field of
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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Garter of England, worn by the Dukes Federigo and Guidobaldo: the ermine of Naples: the _ventosa_, or cupping-glass, adopted for a private badge by Frederick: the golden oak-tree on an azure field of
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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Osteo-sarcoma, spina-ventosa, and malignant affections generally.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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