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  • Scribimus indocti doctique passim,32 may be more truly said of the historian and biographer, than of any other species of writing; for all the arts and sciences (even criticism itself) require some little degree of learning and knowledge.

    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

  • Sed multi mortales dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere; [18] quibus profecto contra naturam corpus voluptati, anima oneri fuit.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

  • Elsewhere, in expressing the same view of the absurdity of the order, he gives this unflattering description of the prelates: "cum plerique sint plane indocti et præterea luxu, libidinibus, et aliis sceleribus perditissimi," etc.

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • _Quae quamquam_ is preferable to _haec quamquam_ since it connects better with the preceding line and is obviously more prone to corruption; but for a similar corruption of _haec_ compare Prop II xxiii 1 'fuit indocti haec [_uar_ et] semita uulgi'.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • His pleading against revenging the wrong done, if not on the very highest moral plane, possesses a grave dignity and beauty that brings it straight home to the heart: at vindicta bonum vita iucundius ipsa. nempe hoc indocti, quorum praecordia nullis interdum aut levibus videas flagrantia causis.

    Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914

  • He corresponded with Luther and Melanchthon, and directed against Eck the anonymous pamphlet "Canonici indocti Lutherani" (Augsburg, 1519).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • _Scribimus indocti doctique poemata passim_, Horace had written in half-humorous bitterness; the crowd of names that flit like autumn leaves through the pages of Ovid represent probably but a small part of the immense production.

    Latin Literature 1902

  • A graceful compliment was passed upon it by Sir William Lawrence, when, in thanking the author for the gift of the book, he wrote (January 24, 1867), "in your modest book 'indocti discant, ament meminisse periti!'"

    The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

  • Haec fortis sequitur, illam indocti possident ....

    The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

  • A graceful compliment was passed upon it by Sir William Lawrence, when, in thanking the author for the gift of the book, he wrote (January 24, 1867), "in your modest book 'indocti discant, ament meminisse periti!'"

    Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

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