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  • Nam metus sit Aenean turpis Ut et enim tristique neque mi, elit wisi, facilisis.egestas. orci, ante. egestas ornare non quam, sit [...]

    I can just imagine (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Donec commodo sollicitudin metus sit amet aliquet.

    Why describe characters? maryrobinette 2009

  • Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Cras varius, augue id tempor vehicula, erat nunc sodales sem, vel scelerisque metus metus eget justo.

    Why describe characters? maryrobinette 2009

  • Sed dignissim, metus ornare sodales pellentesque, sem est facilisis erat, eu laoreet leo enim et tellus.

    Genocide Twice, Shame on Me 2008

  • Animi perturbationes summe fugiendae, metus potissimum et tristitia: earumque loco animus demulcendus hilaritate, animi constantia, bona spe; removendi terrores, et earum consortium quos non probant.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Terror et metus maxime ex improviso accedentes ita animum commovent, ut spiritus nunquam recuperent, gravioremque melancholiam terror facit, quam quae ab interna causa fit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Curabitur metus diam, fermentum sed lobortis sit amet, volutpat nec dui.

    Tech Guru Vince Stehle Launches LoremIpsum.com 2007

  • Et quota pars haec eorum quae istos discruciant? si nossetis metus et curas, quibus obnoxii sunt, plane fugiendas vobis divitias existimaretis.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • + In the speech of Vulteius in Lucan, animating his soldiers in a great struggle to kill one another. — “Decernite lethum, et metus omnis abest, cupias quodcunque necesse est.”

    Letter to a Friend 2007

  • Inquietam nobis vitam facit mortis metus, a worse plague cannot happen to a man, than to be so troubled in his mind; 'tis triste divortium, a heavy separation, to leave their goods, with so much labour got, pleasures of the world, which they have so deliciously enjoyed, friends and companions whom they so dearly loved, all at once.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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