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  • Thracia, testis in quo ortus sum solum, (Pannonia;) ubi praeter coelum et terram, et crescentes vepres, et condensa sylvarum cuncta perierunt.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Turpis ovis tentat fcabies, ubi frigidus imber Altius ad vivum perfedit, et horrida cano Bruma gelu; vel, quum tcmfis inlotus adhaefit Sudor, et hirfuti fecuerunt corpora vepres.

    P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796

  • In two days 'time is the vepres du tournoi, when we may see if your lance is as quick as your wit. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • In two days 'time is the vepres du tournoi, when we may see if your lance is as quick as your wit. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • In two days 'time is the vepres du tournoi, when we may see if your lance is as quick as your wit. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • In two days 'time is the vepres du tournoi, when we may see if your lance is as quick as your wit. "

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Spinoe et vepres is a phrase constantly recurring in the lives of the saints.] [Footnote 1105: We find the same thing to day with the colonies of

    The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

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