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  • [6024] Phaedria could not abide his co-rival Thraso; for when Parmeno demanded, numquid aliud imperas? whether he would command him any more service: No more (saith he) but to speak in his behalf, and to drive away his co-rival if he could.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • This has been replaced by an admonition that we, as individuals, should willingly submit ourselves to Christ tibi volentes subdimur qui iure cunctis imperas.

    The Reign of Christ the King 2007

  • Ode -- _Delicta Majorum_ -- where he fetched up, full-voiced, upon -- '_Dis te minorem quod geris imperas_' (Thou rulest because thou bearest thyself as lower than the Gods) -- making it a text for a discourse on manners, morals, and respect for authority as distinct from bottled gases, which lasted till the bell rang.

    A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • '_Dis te minorem quod geris imperas_,' quoth Stalky, ruffling Winton's lint-white locks.

    A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • '_Dis te minorem quod geris imperas_,' King quoted presently.

    A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • C Bonam atque iullam rem oppido imperas, et h&u & cUem.

    Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae sex novissime recognitae cum selecta varietate lectionum et ... 1779

  • At tu puer magnis hominu coetibus tanta omnium con - cordia imperas, vt non hominis fed Dei ipfius impcrio, ita tui nominis auguftiffimi autoritati fubiedi parere videantur.

    Platonis opera quae extant omnia 1578

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