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"Sed propositum salutis et eos amplectitur, qui Creatorem agnoscunt, inter quos imprimis Musulmanos, qui fidem Abrahae se tenere profitentes, nobiscum Deum adorant unicum, misericordem, homines die novissimo iudicaturum." from Lumen Gentium §16.
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If any man deserve well in his office he shall be rewarded. — — — quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam,
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Soldainorum, Kerkisorum, Alanorum: qui omnes transeunt per cum quum vidunt ad curiam patris sui deferre ei munera, vnde magis amplectitur eos.
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Soldainorum, Kerkisorum, Alanorum: qui omnes transeunt per cum quum vidunt ad curiam patris sui deferre ei munera, vnde magis amplectitur eos.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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'Oceanusque, mari totum qui amplectitur orbem,' is from Euphorion, fr.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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_Horum annorum, quos in fastis habemus, MAGNUS annos duodecim millia nonagentos quinquaginta quatuor amplectitur solstitiales scilicet.
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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In quo illud maxime considerandum est: nam superior comprehendendi uis amplectitur inferiorem, inferior uero ad superiorem nullo modo consurgit.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Nam saepe mortem cogentibus causis quam natura reformidat uoluntas amplectitur, contraque illud quo solo mortalium rerum durat diuturnitas gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit, interdum coercet uoluntas.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Ut ubi poetam carmine celebramus, non fastidit, quod ipse melius posset scribere, verum poema licet non magni facit (sic), amorem scriptoris libenter amplectitur, sic amici munuscula animum gratum testantia licet parvi sint, non nisi a superbo et moroso contemnentur.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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It is true the flesh may flatter you more for the present, but the end of it will lie bitter as death, _amplectitur ut strangulet_, “the flesh embraces you that it may strangle you.”
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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